Salt Lake Telegram | 1940-09-06 | Page 5 | Army, Navy Take over Federal Road Building Program for 1941

iRMY NAVY TAKE OVER FEDERAL to ROAD I BUILDING PROGRAM FOR 1941 WASHINGTON Sept 6 UP R- R 1 ig army and navy will direct P-j P any arly ly all of next years year's 1 federal aid highway work John M. M Carmody federal works I lI said Friday that in of national defense he uld concentrate the 42 1941 pro- pro am am on roads and bridges t the e war and navy depart- depart to be of strategic nce nce Emphasis he said would be iced aced on reinforcing routes for of heavy new meehan- meehan dand motorized military units Carmody said the army and navy ad d program probably would take ost all the federal t appropriated by congress plus equal amount from the states 1 iV total of The program he continued reIt re re- It d from a survey of defense vay hway needs conducted by the bl c roads administration and lt ite tte highway high directors at the ree rest re- re e est st of President Roosevelt He Hed Hethe d the survey report will be pre- pre ed to the White House per- per ps next week and op operations rations II begin 11 begin as soon as Mr Roose Roose- r velt signs the new federal aid act and approves the survey In accordance with this the presidents president's request Carmody said particular attention will be paid to the strength of bridges the width of strategic roads adequacy of ingress and egress at urban centers and the servicing of existing existing existing exist exist- ing and proposed army navy and marine corps posts and air bases W P A workers he said would do a large part of this supplemental tal wor work Carmody said the program probably probably probably ably would not call for major new construction Officials believed he said that the present miles of hard surfaced highways would meet strategic requirements if properly reinforced However he said there appeared to be a aneed aneed aneed need for some miles of access access access ac cess or approach roads