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Show Full Committee Approves Region $45 Million WASHINGTON, D. C. -Senator Frank E. Moss CD-Utah) CD-Utah) announced today through his Washington office of-fice that the full Senate Public Pub-lic Works Committee has reported re-ported a bill which would provide $45 million for the Four Corners Regional Development De-velopment Commission for the next two years. The bill calls for $25 million mil-lion for regular operation of the program and for grant awards for two years, but also al-so adds $20 million to be used exclusively for road development de-velopment and construction in the area. Senator Moss, who was an original co-sponsor of the legislation, said he was glad to have this amount reported report-ed in the bill. "The Four Corners development devel-opment has not moved ahead as fast as I would have hoped, hop-ed, and inadequate funding has been part of the problem. prob-lem. Of course, the need for roads in the Four Corners Area is of extreme importance, import-ance, and the inclusion of an earmarked amount for road development and construction construc-tion will be agreat Upon to the development of the area. "I am pleased with the action ac-tion of the Public Works Committee and will work now towards the bill's passage pass-age in the Senate." |