Show BIOS BIDS OPENED ON SURFACING OF U. U S. S HO NO 4 Improvements Slated On Highway between Fort FOlt Duchesne Roosevelt Promises made several months ago to Uintah basin residents by Governor Henry H. H Blood and the road commission concerning the completion of U. U S. S 40 will be actualities actualities actualities ac ac- by the end of th the year This Tills became apparent Tuesday when the road commission opened bids for the tho placing of a hard surface on a stretch of seven miles mlles between Roosevelt and Ft Duchesne which with the completion completion com com- of work now under way will give U. U S. S 40 a high standard standard standard stand stand- ard dustless surface all the way from to Vernal Asphalt Surface I The seven miles will be laid with witha a Utah rock asphalt surface Rock asphalt which is min In l the Uintah basin basin- is said sad to be one of the finest of all road surfacing materials The low bid for th the laying laying laying lay lay- ing of the surface was offered dy W. W W. W Clyde Co of I Springville lle The asphalt is now being mined and prepared at a acost acost acost cost of With the usual 10 per cent for engineering and contingencies and other ather incidentals incidentals the total cost of the Job will willbe willbe willbe be 10 W. W W W. Clyde Co has the contract for fox the job n now under underway underway underway way which with the tho new one will cl close se the portions of af th the highway between Fruitland and Vernal Under this contract which calls for an expenditure of a oil surface is being laid on 15 miles of road between between between be be- tween Fruitland and Duchesne This Tills contract is 28 per cent completed completed completed com com- and d work will be resumed as early in the spring as weather will yiU permit Changed to U U. S. S Aid Finishing the stretch between Vernal and the Colorado line will b be in the new program to be submitted by the road commission commission com com- mission misson in the near future to the tho U. U S. S bureau of public roads Itis Itis It Itis is expected expect that this work will be either completed or well underway underway under underway way before the year is out The commission explained that the tho other end of the highway that section between Daniels canyon canyon canyon can can- yon and Fruitland has been changed from forest to federal aid aid which will make earlier improvement improvement improvement im im- im- im provement possible A As promised to the Uintah basin people the commission has completed the first of t the surveys on tl this s sec sec- tion It is possible that the commission commission commis commis- sion sIan may be able to go beyond its promise and include part of this section in its new program The hard surfacing o 0 west end extends from from Heber City ty to a short distance west of or the Daniels canyon summit Tribune |