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Show Roadside Park At AtBridge AtBridge AtBridge Bridge Planned PlannedL L S Morris landscape cngmeer engineer engineerof cngmeerof of the roadside impiovement implovement improvement de deI department department department I partment state load road commission commissionwho i iho \\ho ho \ ' 5 \ ho was in Moab last fall surveyed surveyedan an area near the Colorado liver river liverbridge riverbridge liverbridge bridge at Moab for a roadside park parkI parkR parkR I R Clay Allred an engineer WIth WIththe withthe withthe I WIthI the department is now at work on onplans onplans onplans plans for a roadside parking parkmg area areaat areaat , at this point pomt according accordmg to a letter letterreceived letterreceived letterreceived received from him by The TImes Tunes TImesIndependent TunesIndependent TimesIndependent Independent Space ' will 'loill loill be provld proved provlded proveded provided ed for cars to park to Enable Enabletravelers enabletravelers enabletravelers travelers to rest and view the river riverand riverand riverand and canyon without creating a traf trafI traffic traffie tratfie fic fie hazard on the highway hlgh\\iay hlgh iay \ Rest RestI Restrooms Restrooms Restrooms I rooms drinking fountains and other otherconveniences otherconveniences otherconveniences I conveniences for the comfort of oftravelers oftravelers oftravelers travelers will wlU be installedTravelers installedTravelers Installed InstalledTravelers Travelers hesitate to stop on our ourhlgh ourhighways ourhighways [ hlgh\\ hlgh hlghays highways \ ays because heretoforeI heretofore \I I \ we wehave wehave e ehave have provided iProvlded no facilities facll1ties for them themI themto themto themto to do so Mr AUred Allred states TIley They TIleydrive Theydrive Theydrive I drive so rapidly through our state statethat statethat statethat that they don dont t see what there h is hto isto isto to see We aim to offer enticement enticementfJr enticementfor enticementtor fJr for ; them to stop at strategic points pointswhere pointswhere pointswhere where the view is particularly good goodwhere goodwhere goodwhere where a grove of trees offers them themrest themrest themrest rest from lone long hot drives and andv.hereer andahereser andwherever v.here\er v.hereer v.here vhere er ahereser . \ pos possible lble provide drinking drinkingwater drinkingwater drinkingwater water sanlt-ny sanlt ny sanlhlY sanitary - facilities facl1ltles and of ofcourse ofcourse ofcourse course rpdy ready ? access to a palking parking palkingarea parkingarea paikingarea area silely s\ely s ely sniely ' \ ! off the main haveled traveled haveledroad traveledroad tiaveledroad road Texas has 1500 such road roadside roadside roadside side developments We 'Ve Ve ' believe bel1eve that thatour thatour thatour our department can 1 lender ender sender a very veryvaluable veryvaluable veryvaluable valuable service semce to tourists and andstate andstate andstate state people by following follo\\lng follo lng follossing \ \ through throughthe throughthe throughthe the above Indicated progiam program progIamThis programThis progiamThis This department exists more for the purpose of preserving our na natural natural natural tural attractions than for attempt attempt- attempting attempting attempting - ing to create beaut beauti beauty We endeavor endeavorto to nd rid the landscape adjacent to toour toour toour our highways h1ghv.ays h1ghvays . of all unsightly ob objects objeets objects jects jeets We are at war v . with Ith garish garishroadside garishroadside garishroadside roadside signs ugly junk heaps and andsteep andsteep andsteep steep artificial gashes cut by road roadbullders roadbuilders roadbuilders roadbuildersMr bullders builders bulldersMr buildersMr Mr Allred who is a . Moab young youngman youngman youngman man a graduate of the local high highschool highschool highschool school and of the Utah State Agri Agrl- Agrl Agri- Agrlculturnl Agricultural Agricultural - cultural culturnl college has been with the theroadside theroadside theroadside roadside Improvement Improvemenb improvementi department departmentof of the state road commission for forthe forthe forthe the past year |