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Show | I , Highway "Patchmgll Patchmgll "Patching Patching "Patching"Predicted PatchingPredicted " " Predicted for 1947Utah 1947 1947Utah Utah s road program for the theIcalendar thecalendar thecalendar Icalendar calendar year 1947 will have to tobe tobe tobe be conducted on a patchmg patching patchmgrather patchingrather patchingrather patchmgI rather than a recon recontruction recontructionbasis reconstructionbasis 1ructIon 1ructIonbasIs < basIs despite the largest tenta tentatIve tentative tentalive tIve bud budgetin budget et in m its hlstor history- history historyS6 histoo - $6 6 S6 $ 500 000 according accordmg to Ray H HjLeaV'tt HLeaV HLeav jLeaV'tt jLeaVtt LeaV ' ft tt state road commISSIon commISSIonchaIrman commissionchairman commissionchairman commissionchairmanThe , chaIrman chairmanThe The tentative budget for next nextyear nextyear " ! : vear year exceeds that of 1946 by by$1 by1 $1 1 $ 300 000 with one of < the larg largest largest largest est budget item increases mcreases beIng beIngfor beingfor beingfor for maintenance For mamten mamnten mamtenance mamntenance maintenance ance the < ' tentative 'tentative budget set sets setsaside setsaside " aSIde S2 82 500 000 as compared comparedwIth comparedwith comparedwith wIth $1 1 $ 870000 870 000 in 1946In 1946In 1946 1946In In explaining e"plammg eplammg " the proposed proposede"pendltures proposedexpenditures proposedexpenditures e"pendltures ependltures expenditures " Leavitt Leayrtt said pre present present present sent funds available to the com corn commISSIOn cornmission cornmission mISSIOn will WIU allow aUow an e"pend epend expend e"pendture expendture expendture " ture of only $650 650 $ 000 for bet betterment betterment betterment terment programs such as spec spectal special speclal tal ial oiling Ollmg and lesurfacin lesurfacm iesurfacin " prOJ prOJects projects projects ects on smaller state roadsHe roadsHe roads roadsHe He said the condition of the thestate thestate thestate state s roads calls for an expen expendIture expenditure expenditure dIture in m th s class of at least least$1 least1 $1 1 $ 500 000Other 000Other 000 000Other Other items in m the budget are areS2 areS2 82 S2 000 000 for matching federal federalfunds federalfunds federalfunds funds $150 150 S150 $ 000 for surveys and andSi andSl 81 Si 500 000 for other construc construe constructIon construetion construetion tIon costsMr costsMr costs costsMr Mr Leavitt said that the un unencumbered unencumbered unencumbered encumbered reserve set aSIde aSIdebv asideby asidebv bv by the commission to guarantee guaranteeadequate guaranteeadequate guaranteeadequate adequate funds to match federal federala11ocatJons federalallocations federalallocations a11ocatJons allocations in m real ty is only onlySi only$1 only1 , $1 1 Si $ 758 000 He also dIso said that thatcommISSIon thatcommission thatcommission commISSIon studies show cost costmcreases costincreases costincreases mcreases increases average 40 per cent centover centover centover over those of prewar - |