| Show US 40 Funds Agreement Between State federal Utah can an use federal funds again on US lIi Highway way 40 west of oC Vernal according to a corn com promise approved in Washing ton DC Tuesday said news reports STATE HIGHWAY Engineer Blaine J Kay announced at the Capitol that federal and officials reached agreement on special overweight permits for truck hauling lie He said the compromise will allow up IP to pounds per pel tandem axle to be carried over Utah roads without penalty penal y SPECIAL PERMITS were authorized by the 1965 Legisla Legisla- Legislature Lure ture and one one was granted by bythe the Utah Road t Commission to San 1 ChemIcal C Cd transporting phosphate ore are from its mine near Vernal to Ph aston Wasatch County The permit allowed up to pounds per tandem axle THE BUREAU later refused I to approve federal participation participation tion In Improvement work on I the stretch of US 40 over which the trucks moved I I Gov Calvin L Rampton and II I members of oC the Utah Congressional I I deJ delegation gation intel ened and a compromise of pounds per truck tandem axle was reached Mr 1111 Ka Kay ex ex- ex explained PREVIOUS TO the 1965 1965 leg action Utah permitted a maximum loading of oC I pounds Mr Dir Kay said He said federal agreement on the compromise was telephoned to the State Highway Depart Depart- meet by Rex 1 K Whitton feder Ceder- al highway administrator |
