Salt Lake Telegram | 1946-12-12 | Page 9 | Utah Road Needs Outlined by U. S. Official

Utah Road Needs Ouilined By U. S. Official Utah should give serious consideration con-sideration to the possible necessity neces-sity of Increasing its highway maintenance budget to provide for repair and maintenance of federal aid roads. It was recommended Thursday In a letter to the state road commission from Thomas H. Mac Donald, commissioner of public pub-lic roads. Washington, D. C. The lettter was in response to a letter - of inquiry from Ray H. Leavitt. chairman of the Utah commission, concerning recent reports re-ports that Utah ranked near the bottom of the list in a comparative compara-tive summary of road conditions. Although the summary, completed com-pleted in A u trust, shows that IS states throughout the nation had surface-condition ratings about equal to or below Utah's. Mr. Mac-Donald Mac-Donald said, many of Utah's roads were found to be In need of repair.