Show I Heber-Fruitland Heber Fruitland Stretch Included In Request For Addition To Federal Aid Papers Sent to Washington D. D C. C Asking For Extra Miles liles of Roads State Commission To Select Additional Routes Request Approved At Ogden Office of U. U S. S Road Bureau A request asking addition or of orsome orsome some miles of Utah highways to the federal aid system has been submitted to the U. U S S. S bureau of or public roads roads B B. B J. J Finch district engineer reported Saturday in Og Og- Og- Og den The request was made under a provision of an amendment to the federal 1 highway act of several years yearn ago Mr Finch said and amounts to a n requested sted addition of one per cent of the total mileage mile mile- ago age of highways in the state federal federal federal fed fed- eral aid system No definite Indication of th the th roads to be added to the fc federal leral aid system in Utah has been received received re re- from the state road commission commission com com- mission Mr Finch said sald Saturday It is known however o he said that two projects the projects the Heber- Heber Fruitland stretch on Utah-U. Utah S. S route No 40 and the tha Logan Logan-CoI- linston connecting link between highways 30 and 91 are 91 are being considered Heber Heber-Fruitland Road The Heber-Fruitland Heber road in Wasatch and Duchesne e counties is ia 46 n miles ues in length Twelve miles i of ot this on the Heber enc end has alI al already already al- al I ready been brought to an oil stanI stan stan- I dard The road has been on the forest highways system but due duet to a lack of funds for forest roads allotment of sufficient money to complete te the road rood has not oc- oc cured The road has not been en put on the federal aid system previously since the Utah allotment did not allow At a a. meeting of the Associated As M- Associated Civic Clubs of Eastern Utah with the state road commission commission commission commis commis- sion this summer however a promise was made that e every ery ry effort effort effort ef ef- ef- ef fort would b be made to have it added added ad ad- ded to the federal aid system as soon as p possible sible Inclusion of the tho Heber-Fruitland Heber road in the federal federal federal fed fed- eral aid system is expected ItO to ex- ex completion of 1 hIg highway iway 40 through the basin to the state line 1 per cent Added to Fed Aid The request Mr Finch said has been bean checked in the district headquarters headquarters head head- quarters office in O Ogden den and forwarded forwarded forwarded for for- warded to Washington D. D.- D.C. C. C with witha a recommendation for approval Final action on additions to the Ute federal aid system he said requires requires re re- quires some time since a thorough check is required before permission sion lion for the addition is granted Approval is expected h ha ed Addition to the federal aid system system system tem of one per cent of the total state mil mileage age was made possible through h the highways ys act amendment amendment amendment amend amend- ment which provides th that t when the state road department has completed 90 per cent of the mileage mileage mileage mile mile- age already in the federal aid system system SYB- SYB tem app application can be made de for tor addition of another one per cent According to the state road c commission lon the Ule official mileage reported for the tho state highway system of Utah on which the federal federal federal fed fed- eral aid system was bas based 00 was miles The original law provided provide that the states could set up a system of federal aid roads not greater than seven per r cent of this total mileage Since ninety per cent of th the approximate 1700 mII miles of federal aid roads roada so set up have now been brought to standard another one per cent of the state mileage or about 2 10 miles can now be added |