Show vernal s new eastern gateway looms in hiway hi way 40 10 construction AH am soon goon us as the extended right of way has born settled th d on the proposed highway 40 construction from the jonsen hii kirido to fifth east in vernal tho the project will bo for bids reported boss ross A resident engineer for tho state rond road commission monday it is anticipated this will bo be in tho the very near future cost of tho the now eastern gateway to vernal will be ahm lm red calby by the IT S bureau of public roads and utah state 10 koul 1 commission when this section of the trunk highway has been completed only ten remain of highway Ilig hway 40 from the utah colorado line to vernal that has not been rebuilt completely to the new standards the stretch Is from the jensen bridge to one mile west of the bonanza junction this section Is reported in fair condition but needs re alignment mw now right of wr war the new construction will call for or the right of way to be extended 20 feet between vernal and ani naples all 1 I the widening will be done on the right from naples to jensen jeneen the additional right of way will be all on the left A total of a feet of right of way Is necessary before the U S bu reau of roads will participate in a project naples residents living along the highway are discovering that the right of way my comes within ten feet of their homes in some instances the old naples store along with a landmark for county residents already is being torn down road officials have requested that lynn lym bohnes nwe move his gas pumps and tanks back on his lawn level with Naples trading post mr holmes contends that this will make them less con specious spi clous cious to the tourist trade the store also is four feet into in to the right of way but a jog will be out in enoltt theo md the building the family reported the roadbed will be widened to 40 feet for I 1 A miles from fifth east bast to the second curve and the finished roadbed will win be 32 feet from there to jensen controlled by fotr weather conditions will wm control the amount of work that can be done this winter mr said preliminary work may be completed such as power lines and fences along the right of way safety factors that will be improved include increased distance vision through the flattening of vertical curves and the realignment of three major horizontal curves curves that will be reduced include where the airport road joins highway 40 the second curve where the road leaves naples and the one approach approaching lAg jensen the existing roadbed will win be used wherever possible but in some cases where the road breaks up due to soil conditions the road will be replaced completely with stable soil the main advantage of the new construction will be extra width better visibility and im proved base materials that will resist the severe winter weather that broke up the highway last int year the three inches of paving will be plant mix bituminous surface tor for the whole hole stretch of highway the gravel thickness will va vary ry considerably depending 0 on n existing gravel and soil conditions major problem mr pointed pointe dout out that one of the biggest problems that has to be overcome is water getting in the roadbed freezing Izee zing and breaking up the highway by ice expansion at present a field party of five fire men Is staking out the project the new approach to vernal will leave a better impression with tourists both coming and going state engineers im opined opened |