Show J Jt t ti i It h oi t 1 L t t jS tt s i 1 M c l ld d 1 St Sti i f q k t tt t Wic ty j irk t THE HORSESHOE DUGWAY area of the Vernal Lapoint road has traffic for years Not for much longer however for a contract to be let next spring will take the sharp curves out of the route speeding traffic considerably Staff photo SO 60 Average Speeds Seen for Vernal Vernal-Lapoint Road in Future Early spring should see the start of a major contract on the Vernal Lapoint highway esti mated to cost THE CONTRACT will be let for a mile section to in in- in elude the Horseshoe Dugway long a bad section of the high high- highway way Plans of the Uintah County Commissioners will be to reduce the dugway by ap ap- ap approaching the gulch with a cut higher up on the east side drop ping down with an eight per peri percent i cent grade making a curve to the south and a curve to the west The Theo completed o contract will provide a broad highway I capable of speeds from 50 and 60 miles per hour on the cure es THE PROJECT extends from the Highline canal bridge west of J Ja Maeser a eser to the bridge this side of Lapoint Other Improve ments on the road will be to eli minate curves and bring the entire project to a standard high high- highway way A continuous foot right of way has been granted for the proposed construction work clearing the way for bids to be belet belet let early next spring Two years road funds have been ac ac- ac accumulated cumulated for the work with another years year's money available shortly after bids are let ac ac- ac according cording to the county commis commis- commission sion The road is designated a Federal Secondary Road with the government participating 70 per cent of its cost THIS PROJECT may be an anI I Important link in a future high i iway way to be completed along the i northern part of Uintah and andi i Duchesne Counties to tie in ini inVernal i Vernal Lapoint Neola Al AI tonah Tabiona on Utah 35 and I to Kamas and US Highway 40 near Keetley |