Show I County Submits Proposal On Sand Flats Road Roud A cost estimate of 01 was submitted to officials of the U. U S S. S Army at the Green River niver Missile Base this week by Grand county commission commission- ers rs as the total for lor rebuilding rebuild rebuild- Jug ing the road to the La Sal I t 1 mountains which leave MO Moab b Valley at the Grand Valley cemetery and goes across the area known as the Sand Flats Commissioner Mars Pope stated that the cost estimate was for a standard high standard allear all year ear road which would be built bunt by Grand county crews if the proposal Is accepted by bythe bythe bythe the Army He lie said that the 26 thousand figure would not cover all aU expenses in the construction Job but Grand Gramt county commissioners felt that additional expenditures would be on the bas bas j is that the road serves a n number num num- ber of county ranches and constitutes the only winter route Into the La The Army Is Interested In Inthe Inthe inthe the project since a tracking station used In the firing of 01 Athena from Green River to White Sands NM Is located on the Wilson Mesa area rea of the La Sal moun mound The station must be serviced all aU during the year and a good quality all aU weather weather wea wea- ther route into the area Is a necessity for that purpose Mr Pope stated Tuesday that it was hoped that word would be forthcoming on the county proposal in the next few tew days since a n good deal of high country work worle needed to 10 be done prior to the onset of winter in the La The project would take about about about ab ab- ab- ab out three months to complete Mr Pope said but a good deal of 01 the work would be low elevation building which could be done later in tn the fall A considerable amount of blasting will be necessary to top p push sh the good quality road across the rocky Sand Flats and the county is figuring construction of culvert crossIngs crossings cross cross- ings of wash washes s and stream beds rather than dips The Sand Flats road Is probably probably pro pro- bably the oldest route into the La Sal mountains from Moab although it has not been used in the past with the popularity of other routes It was used Initially by livestock live live- livestock stock Atack people taking stock ot of and from summer range on the mountain |