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Show Boulder FAountain Road To Gain Improvements A critical four and three quarter mile section of the Grover to Boulder road in Garfield County will soon be improved under a contract opened for bid today by the Utah Transportation Commission. Commis-sion. Strong Construction Com-; Com-; pany of Springville, Utah, : submitted the apparent low j bid of $416,389. The official engineer's estimate was j $369,088. Because the low bid exceeds the engineer's esti-; esti-; mate by more than ten percent, the project will be reviewed by the Utah Transportation Trans-portation Commission before the contract can be awarded. ' The project runs from Frisky Creek, about ten miles north of Boulder, to Sunflower Flat on the Boulder Mountain road. The section of road will be graded, drained and widened to 26 feet. The contract also includes minor corrections to the alignment. Federal Off-system funds, matched by 10 of Garfield County funds, will pay for this project. The Utah Department of Transportation has, at the request of Garfield County, contributed engineering assistance assis-tance and will administer and supervise funding and construction. con-struction. The project is part of a multi-agency effort to improve and eventually pave the scenic road between Grover and Boulder. Participating agencies agen-cies are the Utah Department of Transportation, the US Forest Service and Garfield and Wayne counties. Most of the 32-mile link between Grover and Boulder runs through Dixie National Forest. It has inviting and popular picnic areas and camp sites and some spectacular view points along the way but is open during the summer months only. Although passenger pass-enger cars, campers and trailers can use the road, travelers are at the mercy of the weather. A sudden rain storm can cause the road to be slippery and dust plagues motorists during dry weather. |