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Show Price Seeking Good Access To Highway Three members of the Carbon Car-bon Chamber of Commerce Road Committee met recently recent-ly with Gov. Calvin L. Ramp-ton Ramp-ton seeking good connections between downtown Price and the projected limited access Highway, U.S. 50-6 south of the city. Unless these are obtained, motorists headed for Bullfrog Bull-frog Basin on Lake Powell could be seeking services and accommodations which are not available in llanks-ville, llanks-ville, the delegation said. Hanksville, according to the 196D census, had 8J inhabitants. in-habitants. Meeting with the governor" were J. Keith Lcavitt, chairman, chair-man, and Von Davis and Ken Massey, members of the road committee. They told Gov. Rampton that the State Highway Department De-partment so far has spent $18,0C0 for aerial and ground surveys on the proposed new limited access alignment of U.S. 53-6. Thi? fllirrnrnnnt snnnars fn be necessary to avoid the congestion and high rale of accidents resulting from the narrow underpass on the present constricted U.S. 50-6 through downtown Price, the trio said. Access to the downtown area would be provided according ac-cording to present plans, as follows: At Blue Cut near the Country Club. This would be too far from town to be used extensively by tourists desiring de-siring to buy goods and ser- vice?. -At the U-10 intersection which is the roule to llunf-ip-lon and Castle Dale. This also is not conveniently situated sit-uated for access to Price 'Main street. , -East of Price, also not conducive to stopping in the Carbon County center. , They told Gov. Rampton that a turnoff horn proposed propos-ed new U.S. 50-6 should be -provided at the direct connection con-nection with Price Man street about throe-n,,. or a mile east of C.' connection. f-ov. R3mpt0n a ennt uv.h the Hi,," part merit p ,e : . matter." " ': He said four turrA suih a short distance "J be barred by in, ; highway regulation ' C iv w road were part ., interstate highway An underpass to II 'Js such a fourth Co-r-'. would be expensive, r" |