Show Road Maintenance Plan SuggeSted ted Suggestions for a more mor 3 Il infinite f policy polley of state highway maintenance In the several counties of the tate state have been made mado to the county commissions commissions commissions com com- missions in a letter sent out by Howard C. C Means state stat engineer He encloses in the letter a report of the first Issue of the Ami American Highways Highways High High- ways magazine regarded as the official official official of of- organ of the American association association association tion of state highway officials mci anti and 1 d calls attention to the ma maintenance program program suggested by y W W. A A. A Van VanDuzer VanDuzer VanDuzer Duzer assistant maintenance 43 cn engineer engineer engi engi- l- l neer of the PenI Pennsylvania stats state high- high a wal aj department This article thinks that the fees collected from Crom the motor mo rue- o. o tor vehicle license tax which in Utah are now devoted to retiring The state road bonds be used for or putting into effect a statewide ro oo o of maintenance under the immediate direction of the state road depart depart- ment mente Direct legislative appropriation tion is also advocated in the article Commenting on this Means predicts that the next legislature wl will I be called on for some more definite policy of maintenance In writing to the county commissions he say Maintenance In many states Is carried on from a state fund raised from motor vehicle t tax x gasoline tax and other sources Some such plan should be worked out for the state of Utah where a successful maintenance maintenance maintenance nance organization in ea each h county in the st state te could be in operation but with the work carried on from state funds or partially from these as you know the maintenance of state roads Is carried on from front funds raised entirely within each county I feel that some plan along this line lino which Is similar to those followed In Inmany Inmany inmany many of the states will be worked out during this next legislature Just what tl this ls will be I do not think anyone anticipates at this date I feel Ceel the counties will be in sympathy sympathy sympathy thy with this his plan as It will release the county funds for new construction tion The state tax commission has under under under un un- der the advisability of ofa a gasoline tax for construction and maintenance embraces embraced in to what is 0 known as the federal system of primary and secondary highways The gasoline tax is designed to supplant supplant supplant sup sup- plant the present personal property tax in the state |