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Show Needles Road Green Light Given NPS Bids for construction of tho nvad from Squaw Flat to Big Spring Canyon in Canyon-lands Canyon-lands National Park's Needles Need-les Section will be called for by tho National Park Service Ser-vice about Oct. 1, according to Senator Frank E. Moss.- Monies for this 3.3 mile section of road were approved approv-ed over a year ago but construction con-struction was delayed until an Environmental Impact Statement could bo written. Sen. Moss indicated that this statement has now been cleared by tho Interior Depart De-part nvnt and must be approved ap-proved by the Environmenfal Quality Council. -Monies requested . for con-struction con-struction of the bridge over Big Spring Canyon, the sec-end sec-end phase of construction on tho road, were not approved for this year, according to an earlier report. The third phase of the project is construction con-struction of roadway to the Confluence overlook and this i; hoped to bo funded within tho next several years. |