Show county is doing its share Grand county is doing finish work vork this week on ona a project the State of Utah seems to have haw lost inter inter- cst cat in County road crews are paving a six mile stretch of of of La Mountain Loop Road from the end of the county's paved Castle Valley road on up to the top of II Hill ill on the La Sal mountains The project marks the first paving on the La Sal mountains with the exception of a small piece inside the National Forest orest at the top of Castle Castlo Valley and the he continuation of a Grand county effort which over the years has made a marked difference in travel to and from the scenic La The project does docs however point out the complete lack of attention to the State owned Colorado river road attention a that faltered a number of years ago after n II-n in enthusiastic initial effort paved ten miles of the road and left the balance of it dusty gravel surfaced 1 Utah's Department of Highways has problems No Noone tone one one argues this point With the pinch for funds funda caused by utilization of most state money for matching federal l funds Interstate and other federal-aid federal projects it its jis is s difficult for them to break money loose for projects such as th this s. s However the importance of this project ct to the State of Utah demands that the effort of ten years ago should be continued j J A paved season all road up the Colorado river from Moab to U. U S. S 6 50 OG via Dewey is a must The State should hould make mak every effort to bring about its construction at the earliest possible date I Me Meanwhile Grand county is to be commended for continuing ih their ir effort on the Colorado river-La river Sal Mountain Loop Road despite lack of interest on the part of the State Department of Highways I |