Show No Delay for Vi US 40 Road Work An overall cut back In federal funds for the fiscal year has threatened highway Improve Improve- Improvements ments and construction throughout Utah with cancella cancella- cancellations delays delas or setbacks Good news for Uintah Basin residents however is word from State Highway Commis Commis- Commissioner Francis Feltch that a project on US 40 from Crom Fruitland towards Deep Creek will not be hurt by this develop develop- development development ment AN ESTIMATED six mile length of the highway from Crom Fruitland to the vicinity of oC the springs above Currant Creek will be relocated and straight straight- straightened ht ened Mr reported Bids for Cor this work will ill be advertised within the next two weeks and work will get underway as soon as practical a Work on the Vernal Manila highway US 44 by the state has been cancelled for the time lime being as a direct result of the federal spending cutback Mr Feltch reported The pic pie pie- ture is not as bleak as might seem to area arla residents however or er for several reasons ONE MILE of US 44 on the northern side will be completed by the Bureau of Public Roads This is an expensive stretch of road Mr Feltch remarked with the expense expected to reach a figure State work on US 44 ds s pre ire previouslY planned would not have completed the Manila highway along its entire length Now that those plans for partial comple- comple completion lion tion have been cancelled the commission intends to program a new scheme calling for the tue entire remaining length of un un- un unimproved improved road to be program program- programmed med mcd for lor completion in the next years year's budget The effect of this would be to finish the Manila highway irs in the same length of time as if no an federal cutback had occurred Mr Feltch said A from to Vernal costing about is a good possibility for this summer provided Utah agrees to let Uintah County use funds which are not as badly needed by Utah and Salt Lake Countie Counties for work in their area at this time The proposed road would run from Crom West to Maeser for an approximate distance of 3 miles Continued on page 8 U 5 40 Continued from page 1 The effect of the cutback cut in federal money on a proposed 12 mile road improvement from Maeser to Lapoint is not fully known at this time Mr Feltch said This is a matter between the federal government and the county he remarked but he expressed a desire that the necessary money would be ob- ob obtained obtained In time for work to be- be begin begin gin on this project by next summer A ME MEETING ETING in Vernal be be- be tween Moab interests possibly represented by Sen Sam Taylor of Moab the com com- committee committee and local representatives from the VErnal area has been voiced for sometime this month The meeting would discuss a possible road road through the Book Bock Cliffs from Vernal to the state area southward |