| Show Bridges Should Get Attention Says Bennett Senator Wallace F. F Dennett Bennett Saturday In Salt Lake City urged urged ur ur- ged the Department of Interior to budget funds fund for development development develop develop- ment of Natural Bridges s national nat nat- ional lonal monument south of at Moab MonbIn In San Juan county In a letter to John A A. Carvel Carver Car Car- vet ver Jr n assistant Secretary of Interior Sen Bennett Dennett said Since you are now In the process process pro pro- cess of tit preparing a It National Park Service budget which willbe will willbe willbe be submitted to Congress In January I am writing now to tore re respectfully urge that you include In Include In in- clude sufficient funds to launch an adequate and suitable development de do program of Natural Bridges Sen Bennett Bonnett earlier this year Urged Interior Secretary Stewart Stew Stewart art Udall to request funds for forthe forthe forthe the monument but the request was turned down In his letter to Mr Carver Sen Bennett said The present roads arc are woefully Inadequate to make the bridges accessible to the public There There- fore Con thousand should beIn be In Included for tOr an approach th road leading to the planned visitors visitor's center In addition should be 00 allocated for a n vish I. I tors tor's center parking area utilities utilities util util- and employee r residences and an additional Is needed for tor a residential and utility loop 1001 road roM This Is a amere amere mere minimum of what sh should uld be done and If possible funds should be Included for tor a n visitors visitor's visitors visitor's tors tor's center to accommodate the many people eople who will wll travet travel travel tra tra- vel vet the area If there are adequate ade nde- quate late roads and suitable ac ne- lions Noting that the monument has been under the Jurisdiction of the Park lark Service for more than 50 years Sen Bennett Dennett said virtually nothing has hns been done to develop the area l f Many ny people In Utah question question ques ques- tion the advisability of or adding new national parks park to the system system tem when existing parks are arc I Inadequately developed he said Therefore I 1 hope you will act favorably on my request to remedy a half-century half of neglect |
