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Show 1 V V -4" ! m ' (1 Persons promoting tlie construction of totally new ro.'t'ls across the f!anon Country of Southeastern Utah should not lose siht of the fact that in this rugged part of the U. S., road building doesn't come cheaply. To date, the Utah Department of Highways has spent in excess of $12 million on Utah Route 95 the 12r)-milc long stretch of road from Rlanding to ITanks-ville ITanks-ville and the project is stlil quite a ways from being completed. Some $8.5 million more will he required to finish the project, and the State is currently attempting to put together a package of local, State and Federal funds to do the job. In addition to the basic route, additional ad-ditional sums in the high millions were required to put entrance roads to Bullfrog Basin and Halls Crossing on Lake Powell. The State's dogged determination to complete U-95 an effort that has taken a number of years and is still not finished is to be highly commended. When completed com-pleted the route should provide one of the most unique and scenic stretches of roadway in the nation, plus giving giv-ing persons wishing to go from Southeast Utah to Central Cen-tral Utah a route that docs not involve a circuitous route through the central part of the State. |