Show STATE STA TE STREETS STREET'S BEAUTIFICATION BEATIFICATION TION BOARDS BOARD'S PLAN Thoroughfare to Be Made IMade Into urban Interurban Parkway By JENNINGS PHILLIPS Plans to transform South St State te street from first Twenty South street to o Murray into inlo an interurban parkway park park- a way way a tree and shrub lined speedway speedway speedway speed speed- way comparable to to any in the nation were announced by the state road comm commission Saturday Utilizing provided in the federal highway program for road beautification in Utah this year the road commission will ask the public utilities to cooperate in removing and telephone poles as s th the first step in the plan If It this can be done at ata a reasonable cost the commission will proceed with its Hs beautification program by calling upon Grant S. S Bowen slate state gardener ardener for the necessary plans When these are approved the actual work of planting and landscaping will begin Cost Major Obstacle K C. C Wright chief engi engineer eer of the commission explained the extent of the he beautification work depends largely on the cost of moving power and telephone poles from their present pres- pres ent location along the thoroughfare to toa o a a point about 20 feet oil off the park ing ng area on each side When this obstacle is hurdled littie litle lit lit- tie tle le dell delay is expected in carrying out the rest of the plan Mr Bowen already already al ale al- al ready has worked out a 1 tentative scheme for presentation to the com corn mission The highway will resemble a mighty avenue of trees he ex cx- The foot GO-foot roadway leaves eaves ample space for the parking strips w which ich will begin 19 feet on each side Home owners will be I asked to park their fronts to the property line Tree Border Planned The Oriental plain tree if the soils soil is s suitable would make a fine border while the flowering lowering cherry and flowering flowering flow low lowering ering crabapple trees could also be used Vines and flowering lowering shrubs would complete the picture Mr Bowen reported that beautification cation of the secondary highway between between be- be tween South Bountiful and North Farm armington Farmington is completed except for forthe the south end which is awaiting construction con con- of the Bamberger under- under pass ass Ash trees and weeping willows have lave been planted on each side of the he highway for 10 mil miles s he ex cx- Shrubs have been set in to screen creen railroad tracks which parallel the he road for five miles while the shoulders are covered by vines Water Wa- Wa ter cr plants hide unsightly sloughs soughs near the he highway The project will wil cost when completed I |