| Show permanent bridge over cart creek Creck seen for or 19 1 1960 the possibility of utah state road commission ad ver for bids july 1 1960 for or a permanent bridge over cart creek was discuss ed at vernal chamber of commerce meeting tuesday of last week the bridge would replace the present dutch duleh john temporary bridge that will be inundated when flaming gorge reservoir is filled A letter was read from rulon J dallard ballard assistant director for engineering of utah state road Corn commission mission to the bureau of reclamation in salt lake city tile the letter read Refe reference renco Is made to previous discus discussions Lions we have had pertaining to the design of a bridge over cart creek on the flaming Flamin ft gorge dam greendale section sec lion of highway the utah state road read commission will beable to design this bridge tor for you on a basis of reimbursement for the actual cost of making tha design it is our understanding that the cart creek area will vill be flooded by the impounded waters of the diversion dam by july 1961 and the bridge should therefore be constructed by that time we understand that funds will be available for the con st ruction of the bridge and its design by july 1 I 1900 the road commission would be willing tp 4 proceed with the design on the structure so that it could be advertised for bids on or after july 1 1860 1960 provided we could be assured of reimbursement on or about this date we believe tile tho structure should have minimum of two 12 foot lanes and a two foot shoulder on each side as well as sidewalks the loading de sign for the bridge should I 1 e it is requested that you advise us if these proposals meet your concurrence I 1 now new US chamber director salt lake and provo prove chambers of 0 commerce wrote to the vernal chamber to ask support of dr ernest L wll kinson as a candidate for the U S chamber board of directors the vernal chamber voted to approve the candidate A recent meeting was r reported with robert W griffin assistant director of utah state roa road commission regarding the need for a road survey from dinosaur national monument headquarters to connect the two segments of road in the area jay dingham bingham chairman of utah water and power board also attend ed the meeting A letter was read from f rom sen sell wallace F bennett butah R utah saying sayin ig th that al the initia initiative e tor for the road will i 11 have to come from the state stewart ashton reported that the receipt lit neighbor day was a huge success ken of the industrial development committee indicated that newspaper representatives presenta tives and officials of frontier airlines and denver chamber of commerce planned to visit pioneer day central utah project hugh W colton of utah water and rower power board reported that although the cen aral utah project was feasible from the engineering standpoint that it was not proven yet whether it was economically feasible that Is that the benefits will outweigh the cost mr colton predicted that the proposed reservoir would be constructed in the fares cable e future lie ile esti mated may be available by october 1 special guests at the meeting were keith belth campbell field representative for west ern phosphates photes richard call from the soil conservation service in roosevelt and lorin hunt from vernal office f they will assist in a fertilizer tour |
