Show no money for local roads blood says urges passage colton bill there are not sufficient government road funds available to enable the state to undertake the klondike gravel project and other important constructions in southeastern utah according to a telegram received saturday by the times independent from henry H blood chairman of the state road commission mr blood states that construction this year of road projects in southeastern utah depends on tho passage by congress of the colton road bill which would appropriate to provide per cent federal aid on projects in western states where there is a large portion of government owned lands mr bloods telegram is as follows salt lake city march 30 times independent moab utah commission has considered undertaking klondike gravel project but finds government funds now available not sufficient our hope for reaching this and other important constructions in southeastern utah depends on passage colton bill no at this session any influence you and others can exert will assist A wire from your commercial organization to your senators and representatives might help HENRY H BLOOD ty T y apparently the state road commission has allotted such a large share of federal aid funds for the expensive scenic road projects of southwestern utah that there is nothing left for any betterment work in this part of the state the valley city bridge and klondike gravel projects were approved last fall by the road commission and operative cooperative co agreements covering them were executed by the grand county commissioners the people of southeastern utah naturally felt that the matter was closed and that construction would start in the spring now when work should be under way we find that the government funds have been allotted elsewhere and our only hope lies in the passage by congress of the colton bill which in our is tantamount to saying that we will not have any construction work this even if the bill were approved by congress at the present session which is extremely doubtful with a general election a few months distant and the congressmen giving their attention to politics it would be months before the funds could become available jn the meantime another year is apparently going to slip by without any road improvement in southeastern utah in a short time when the summer rains come southeastern utah will again be cut off from communication with the outside orld by the valley city wash crossing where a small temporary structure has been erected to replace the bridge washed out by floods last fall it seems to us that it is high time the people of southeastern utah rebelled against the treatment being accorded them by the state road commission |