Salt Lake Telegram | 1941-02-24 | Page 6 | Highway Improvements for Utah

Highway Improvements for Utah Ufah WORD VORD that Utah is scheduled to receive sevy several sev seve sev- sev y y era eral million dollars in federal road construction construction con con- projects vital to national defense is good news According to reports from WashIngton Wash Wash- ington somewhere around will be allocated al ale al- al located to this state lor for national defense road construction i if it congress approves pending plans for lor the nation as a whole This money money is divided into two major cate cate- gories First there will be some which will be used to build military access roads to Hill field the Ogden ordnance depot and between between be be- tween Fort Douglas and the air corps base atthe at atthe atthe the municipal airport Second there will be for construction work on strategic highways particularly the highway from Salt Lake City north to the Ogden army supply depot Part of the money may be used also to replace substandard bridges and to Improve major highways in the state which are are arenow now deemed critically deficient from the standpoint standpoint stand stand- point o of defense deens needs Properly construction of roads roads' in the first category will be paid for entirely by the federal fed led era eral government while In the second category there will be some matching with state money This work pro program ram will by no means bring all of Utah's highways up to standard but it will result in some vitally needed improvements Improvements Improve improve- ments which will vill prove of benefit not only to national defense but to Utah as a whole For instance construction construction o of an arterial highway from Fort Douglas direct to the airport airport air air- port by way of Eleventh avenue and across City Creek canyon will relieve present congestion congestion tion on Salt Lake City crosstown arterials atthe atthe at atthe the same time that it gives the army a shorter a and nd swifter route to its airport base Both Salt take Lake City and the army array badly need this by by- pass It Is to be hoped this road is the first to tobe tobe tobe be constructed under the proposed program