Show . PROGRESS IN UTAH tTAH ROAD ROADCO ROADCONSTRUCTION ROADCONSTRUCTION CO CONSTRUCTION STRUCTION TOLDUtah TOLDUtah TOLD Utah ranks third in the west westm westin westin m in the building bUlldmg buildmg of multi lane or orsuper orsuper orsuper super highways h1ghways accord ng to toan toan toan an article on . Know h.now hnow Your State StateGovernment StateGovernment StateGovernment Government in m the current IS as ISsue assue issue sue of the Utah Development DevelopmentNews DevelopmentNews DevelopmentNews News just published Tne Jne The ' ! artl arti artlc1e artidc artiele c1e dc points pomts out that during durmg the thepast thepast thepast past 20 years more than 2000 2000mIles 2000miles 2000miles mIles have been added to the thestate thestate thestate state road system and that the thenumber thenumber thenumber number of miles of f paved roads roadshas roadshas roadshas has increased from 303 to 2865 2865mIles 2865miles 2865miles mIles Allof All of this mileage mLleage and andtype andtype andtype type of road improvement Jmprovement has hastaken hastaken hastaken taken place during durmg a period penod m in mWhICh inwhich mwhich WhICh the average cost of a ro1le mile ro1leof mileof mileof of road has increased mcreased from $10 10 $10600 10600 $ 600 back in 1927 up to $109000 109000 $109000m $109 109 $ 000 000in 000in m in 1947 Since Smce 1909 when the thestate thestate thestate state road commission was or organ organ organ gan zed $90 90 $ 000 000 has been beenspent beenspent beenspent spent on rew road construction constructionand constructionand constructionand and $31000000 31000000 $31 31 $ 000 000 in m maintenanceof mamtenanceof mamtenance maintenance of the highway system The ar arhcle artide artide hcle tide is emphatic in m pointing pomtlng out outthat outthat outthat that contrary to what some somehave somehave somehave have believed Utah has never neverlost neverlost neverlost lost nor allo\\ allo allowed allocd alloed \ % cd to go unused unusedany unusedany unusedany any money appropriated by the thefederal thefederal thefederal federal government for road roadwork roadwork roadwork work in m Utah There has always alwaysbeen alwaysbeen alwaysbeen been ample revenue denved derived denvedfrom derivedfroni derivedfrom from froni the gasoline gasolme tax to msure insure msureall insureall insureall all . federal .federal money coming commg to toUtah toUtah Utah on a matching matchmg basis |