Salt Lake Telegram | 1950-04-18 | Page 32 | Mayor, C. of C. Talk Freeway

j Mayor C. C of C. C Talk Freeway j I Opposing Opposing- views on OB need of the I suggested expressway I Tuesday were ere aired by Mayor Earl EarlI I J J. J Glade who questioned the need c 1 rind find the Salt Lake City Chamber Ii i of Commerce highway committee 11 which supported the need Squelching Squelching- reports that the expressway ex ex- 1 will in m any sense be a I J bypass route diverting traffic around Salt Lake City the thc committee committee com corn asked city to reactivate ate the project I Mayor Glade suggested two or three smaller roads to carry classified classi classi- fied traffic in and out of the city I adding they'll probably meet the same purpose and be less ex e.- ex- ex I pensive J Urgent Need i The expressway is urgently needed to furnish better egress ress and ingress ress of Salt Lake City especially espe daIly on the north agreed members members mem mem- I espe-I bers hers of the chamber committee that was preparing a formal reso- reso I ution lulion to the city commission SuchIl Sucha Such a Il route would eliminate existing existing bottlenecks and improve highway safety it was declared I dont don't believe the two proposals proposals proposals pro pro- Mayor Glades Glade's and the expressway arc in any way re related related re re-j said Gus P P. Bachman chamber executive secretary and I member of the committee that authored the resolution One very ery important factor in weighing the two suggestions is that the federal government would probably not contribute a dime to I the two three road suggestion while it will contribute about 95 of the cost of the other road on the basis that it will be a regional national project Two Hour Confab Conrah The committee resolutIon i I at a two-hour two conference late Monday at the Newhouse hotel Representatives of the state highway department and the city government attended The resolution calls for immediate immediate imme immediate imme- imme diate start by the city of a survey to o determine relative merits of the su suggested g sted ah Vest West and West Vest routes for the expressway It was rejection ejection of f the states state's proposal on the thc West Vest route by the thc city commission that stalemated the I project Upon completion of the new surey surcy sur- sur ey cy the city was asked ed to widely advertise another public hearing inviting comment from all classes of proponents and opponents opponents II of the plan