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Show 168 168MILES " , -MILES MILES IILIS - : OF NEW ROADU'IlDER ROADUNDER ROAD ROADUNDER UNDER U'IlDER UIlDER ' CONSTRUCTION CO'llSTRUCTION COllSTRUCTION CONSTRUCTIONThe ' The state road ccmn ccrnmission ccmrnisnon sslOn now nowhas nowhas nowhas has under construction and 1m im 1mprcvement improvement improvement prcvement provement more than 163 168 miles of ofhigh ofhigh ofhigh high sa v \ a as } tl ronghout roughout the state ac accordmg according according cordmg cording to W D Hammond HammondchaIrman Hammondchairman Hammondchairman chaIrman of the commission ccmnussion ccmmission Of OfthIS Ofthis Ofthis thIS mileage approyimately approiirnately 117 117miles 117miles 117miles miles are being resurfaced and 51 51miles 51miles 51miles miles graded and graveled A large largeportIOn largeportion largeportion portIOn of the latter Jrlleageull irileage- irileage Jrlleage irileagewillbe - \ull ull will willbe \ willbe ullbe be oil 011 surfaced after tfte the tire grading gradingis IS done \ which hlch will w111 add many manynules manymiles manymiles nules miles to the paved hlghwa highways highwas s o of ofUtah ofUtah [ Utah The cost of projects now nowunder nowunder nowunder under construction . \ will In be $1 1 $1779 1779 $ 779 646In 646In 646 646In In addition to the construction constructionprogram constructionprogram rogram program the road commlsicn commisIcn conurnlsicn has hasundr hasunder hasundrr undr under _ wav way more than 40 miles of ofroac ofroadside ofroadside- ofroadside ofroadsidedevelopment roac roadside lde : - development work \ ' whichvill \ ; hlch hich hlchIll hichsill \Ill Ill sill \ cost approxurately approxin-atety approxin atety - $44 44 $44000 44000 $44000According $ 000 000Accordmg 000According According Accordmg to Chairman Ham Hammond Hammond Hammond mond Utah needs $20 20 $20000000 20000000 $ 000 000 for forroad forroad torroatf road : construction in order to put putthe putthe putthe the high higha highyays highsas \a a \ s o ot of [ the state in m incondition a . acondition condition adpquately adequately to meet pre'cnt pre prt < .ent ent 'cnt cnt . ' ent day traffic need needs This "This " reall reali reallzallon realization realization zallon zation should put to an end all allefforts allefforts 'trorls trorls efforts ! ' to divert dl\ert dl ert disert \ to other puipos pUipOScS puipos's puiposs pUipOScSany puipos'sany ' sany any of the present road funds fundsn fundssaid funds"said fundssaid n " said Mr Hammond Road funds fundsfor fundsfor fundsfor for hlgh\\ hlgh highway hlghay \ ay purposes pui poses only is the thethtl16 theth1n thethins thtl16 th1n . we are striving strlvmg to maintain mamtam |