Show K Hanksville Roads Discussed In Public Meeting October r 19 A public hearing was held In the Hanksville elementary school Saturday October 19 conducted by Joseph Q Adair district engineer for lor the Utah State Stale Road Commission The project concerned In Inthis Inthis this hearing was State Highway High way 24 from West of ot Hanks Hanks- vile and State Road 95 from Hanksville to State Road 24 north of Hanksville Length of 01 the project Is 47 miles mites The bids on this project pro feet will not be let until July of 01 1964 The cost of the U 24 pr project will consist of one structure over the Fremont river dver and 39 miles mites of road construction and cost around thousand Ferris Hunt presently of 01 Bicknell will be resident engineer on the pr pro pro- Mr AdaIr was accompanied accompanied to Hanksville by Chris S. S Information director of the State Road noad Commission Commission Commis Commis- sion sIan and Mr Wendell Hatchett Hatchett Hat Hat- chett cheU recorder William Wells Hanksville maintenance foreman fore lore foreman man and Carlyle Baker chairman chairman chairman chair chair- man of 01 the Wayne county commission were In atten dance Reason for lor the hearing was to advise the citizens ns of ot the reasons for lor such locations of the new U U 24 24 and to hear matters pertaining to the economic economic ec ec- ec effects of such a pro proposed posed highway Improvement Those stating their vl views ws at the hearing were Carlyle Baker Loa Garth Noyes Noye principle of the Hanksville school Lloyd LIoyd Hunt Bicknell Ida Weber Andrew Andrew An An- drew Hunt Gr Green n River Inver Har Harold old Ekker rancher Sam Wells Hanksville resident Charles Noyes deputy sheriff Darys Ekker r trailer park ark owner and Melvin Brown cafe cate and store operator Mr Adair also Informed the group that the present U- U 24 from the Bailey Dalley bridge on the Fremont river north of 01 town to where U U 95 95 will enter enter enter en en- ter town boundary will become become be be- come a county road Mr Baker Baker Daker Ba Da- ker county commissioner stated stated sta sta- sta ted that the Wayne county road department would m maintain main tn- tn tain tamn this 2 miles mites of ot road and the bridge should it go out at any time Mr Adair also stated that contracts were to be awarded to W. W W W. Clyde Constriction company Monday for the proposed proposed pro pro- posed bridge over the Dirty Devil river and the steel arch bridge over the Colorado rI rl- ver vet near Hite Clyde was al also also al al- so awarded the six miles mUes of approach road to these brid brid- I tes |