Show L Leavitt Changes Chang s His Mind on Road Fund Salt Lake county motorists were pleased last week when Ray Leavitt ch chairman irman of the state road commission changed his position on the use of Salt L Lake e county's share of or federal secondary road money for completion of the Pioneer Pioneer Pio Plo neer Memorial highway I In a letter to the governor Mr Leavitt recommended that th the fe federal eral aid money except for a small amount to be used to finish present memorial hig highway way cons construction ruction to a dustless surface surface sur sur- face be allocated to county roads This This' is in direct conflict with an 3 lii irom mat au an county money be used to complete the memorial highway and represents a sharp break within the th administration on this issue This is a victory for f fair r play in ih the allocation of road funds in the state and it is a move in the direction of bett better bet bet- t ter r roads Anyone official or ordinary citizen needs only to open his eyes eyes to to togo go look and see to see to be convinced that this federal road money is most needed to repair and i improve prove the roads i in Salt Lake county particularly U those along the Wasatch mountains leading to our canyons canyons The position which Mr Leavitt has taken is the only one any responsible ble person can take if he examines the situation without without- prejudice Mr Leavitt has recommended that present construction projects on the memorial highway be finished this year but that the rest of the work be po postponed postponed post post- t- t with the understanding that the road will be completed in the future rutur by continuous successive stages of con- con q at r a a u That's not a bad ad suggestion It isn't really vital that that the memorial highway I be be completed this year Weve We've got it well started It is certain that it will be finished But we can complete the job over a period of several years without doing irreparable damage to Salt Lake county and to motorists using the b battered battered bat bat- t- t county roads and without disrupting dis dis- i the whole road maintenance and nd improvement program in Utah We hope Governor Maw and the other two members of th the road commission Layton Maxfield and Willard Day will MIl make a personal inspection of Salt Lake county roads Well We'll guarantee they will willbe willbe be jolted frito changing their minds ja t as Ray Leavitt did We commend Mr Leavitt for having taken this stand Mand in Jh th interest of better highways |