| Show Traffic Semaphore Installing Slated In Safety Program Leaders Point to 54 Increase In City's Traffic During 1947 Additional traffic semaphores are arc to be installed shortly on state highways within Salt Lake City as part of over-all over traffic safety program now under way Cooperation in the semaphore project was assured by Lt F. F Clark Sanford traffic bureau head Salt Lake City police department department department de de- de- de Willard Villard A. A Day member Utah state road commission and Rulon H. H Horrocks chairman traffic safety committee Salt Lake Lions club meeting Saturday in Lt Sanfords Sanford's office Semaphores are to be installed at South and East and South and East within the next few weeks Others to follow fonow will include South Temple and 1st West Vest South and 1st West Vest East and South 3rd East and nd South Ith East and South Harvard and State Cite Increase Traffic in Salt Lake City Increased in increased increased in- in creased 54 last year over the previous year the men pointed out while traffic on state roads has jumped from to over prewar years This makes additional traffic regulations imperative im tin- ve they declared The semaphore project is a result result re re- re- re sult suit of combined efforts of the Lions club police department and road commission whose final approval approval approval ap ap- ap- ap is expected Monday or Tuesday The club recently surveyed sur sur- surI I eyed all intersections in m the city and made recommendations to Lt LL Sanford He in turn screened them combined them with recommendations of surveys of his department and forwarded those on state highways to Harry S. S Wright state traffic and safety engineer Lt Sanford pointed out that it itis itis itis is up to the state to furnish the semaphores on highways but the city must maintain them If the state has difficulty in obtaining the signals a s scarce arce item he said he will loan as as' as many as his department department department de de- de- de can spare Plan Underpass Meantime he said the city is planning to install additional semaphores semaphores sem sem- on city streets These in include include in- in clude elude a series on South Temple notably 3rd East E street East East East and East Also under way are arc signals at 1st 2nd and 3rd South on 1st West Even a more important project Lt Sanford told the men is construction construction construction con con- of an underpass on State street at South high school In addition to heavy student pedestrian traffic at t least two meetings a week by private organizations organizations organizations or or- make the area a critical critical critical cal one We Ve have previously made this recommendation and the department department de de- de- de stresses again that thIsbe this thisbe thisbe be constructed at the earliest possible possible possible pos pos- sible convenience Follow Follo Operation Lt Sanford assured his department department department depart depart- ment was following through on operation blind spot a project sponsored by the Lions club aimed at eliminating trees and undergrowth undergrowth undergrowth under under- growth obstructing vision Clearing of the East and South intersection followed that of East and South he said and at least 40 more clearing brush-clearing projects are under way I ISome Some 50 obstructions such as trees too big for the police department department department de de- de- de to handle are being turned over to the department of streets and improvements or shade tree department he said |
