Show s I s e g t 11 d 1 I I Quarter Harter Million i is To be Spent rye lb Ih Strawberry wherry ry Completion of or U S 40 44 Thru rry to Cost Nearly Near Near- Nearly aly ly Quarter Million Road to bo loo Re aligned Highway programs calling for far an expenditure of 2 during the fiscal year beginning on JUly 1 were sere v ere prepared last week by the thed I state road commission and sub sub- sub submitted mUted matted to the United States bur bur- bureau bureau bur bureau eau of public roads for approval This figure includes nearly being spent under a partial federal aid program approved sev- sev several several sev several eral weeks ago several everal projects project of which are now under contract ct The program submitted Includes 1898 worth of new construction construction construction tion under the federal aid match match- matching matching ling 1 ing plan in federal land roads in secondary roads and in grade separation structures and crossing creasing protectIon devices The figures given for fed federal ral aid aidI and secondary roads include the amounts which must be furnished out of state funds under the plan which calls for state participation up UD to 29 tier Der cent of the total cost The cost of the federal land roads I I I and the grad grade separation and cross cross- crossing crossing ing protection structures will be met entirely by the federal gov- gov government government gov government The commission said that pro pro- projects projects pro projects I under the new program pro pro- provided provided pro provided vided they are approved by the fed fed- federal federal fed federal eral government will be put un under un- un under under der contract as quickly as ai state funds are made available for mat mat- matching matching matching ching There are several eral projects on the thEt old program which are awaiting the time when state funds become available This spring road commission were vere slowed down by a depletion of the reserve fund but this is gradually being replenished from gasoline tax revenues It is the hope of oC the commission that it will be able to place most of the projects in 10 the new programs un under un- un under under der contract before the year is out outU outU outU U S 40 will ill come in for one of the largest slices of the federal aid monEY A contract contrad already has been let for tor oiling oiling- between Vernal and the Colorado line at a cost of ap- ap approximately ap approximately proximately and d It is pro pro- proposed proposed pro proposed posed to spend a like Uke amount In aligning inre-aligning aligning re-aligning and graveling between Daniel s canyon and Fruitland When all of the work under way plus that proposed has been com com- completed completed completed U S 40 in Utah will be up to a Q high dustless from Salt Lake City to the Colorado state line Une Uintah Basin residents will then M have hate e cause for tor rejoicing because their dream dram of ot decades will wUl Ita have ve materialized Continued on page four QUARTER MILLION 1 TO BE SPENT IN II I Continued Irons page one I The program also included a 70 appropriation for re re In Provo canyon to make way ay for forthe forthe I II I tM the Deer Creek Dam a grade sep sep- sepI sepI sep sep- separation I I ai structure on the D A- A A AR R B G 0 railroad in Pros Provo PrO o canyon 15 I and a 20 appropriation for thE Mt I Mt Emmons road |