Vernal Express | 1952-10-09 | Page 1 | Highway 40 Construction Needed during 1953-54 Section

HIGHWAY 4 40 CONS construction TRUMON NEEDED DURING urgently needed deeded primary road projects throughout utah would cost 18 16 million tor for completion ion the state road corn com has only 8 million to and on these projects project a during the 1953 54 program at the present time Alme the corn com is making a survey of ot the various projects in the states to determine which shall than be submitted for approval of the US bureau of public road many of the most t urgently needed road construction programs are on highway 40 PL between salt lake city and vernal leaving salt wt lake the first project would be a strip six IM miles les long m 1 part parleys W a C canyon an which would cost 2 million A nine mile prom the wasatch county line he to heber reber city would cost an estimated and another eight mile strip from bridgeland to myton is estimated at still another strip of road f planned is from kimballs Kim balls junction to the wasatch county line to cost replacement Replace men t of four wooden bridges east of vernal will cost i in the primary road budget there is included a 3 milli million olf federal aid fund in addition the commission will have about aboul 27 million to spend on second ary highways and for urban work on the federal ays tem the 1053 1953 54 program must be bi submitted some time ume durin during 9 this year to the VS bureau of public roads for foit approval