Show Dowd Mountain Road Hits Kits More Surface Snags Snags' Reports have been received that the Bureau of Public Roads has turned down the of offer to use Utah State Road Department Department De De- money on the Dowd Mountain off cut road surfacing project THE UTAH State Road Department offered to provide as an advance advance ad ad- vance for the project until the federal money allocated for this project was released from the recent cut cutback cut back inthe in inthe inthe the Bureau of Public Roads projects The reasoned that the cut back was given by President Nixon to cool off the economy and that by accepting the state funds they would be defeating the purpose of the fund freeze THE DOWD Mountain road will be damaged if the surface is not placed on it this summer according to reports by road officials Francis Feltch road commission member member mem memo ber bel stated that the Dowd Mountain road will be closed to summer traffic and detoured detoured de de- toured through Sheep Creek if work is not started this summer The road is hazardous because of the peculiar dust problem and its steep grade Visibility is not sufficient to permit summer traffic traffic fic fie use of this new section of road in its present shape Mr II Feltch stated ANOTHER PROJECT on Highway U U- 44 that is nearly ready to be advertised advertised advertised adver adver- is the realignment of the Green GreenDale GreenDale GreenDale Dale Junction at an estimated This dangerous intersection will be re- re graded and new approaches designed to allow safer travel through the intersection intersection inter inter- section area at faster speeds stated Mr II Feltch |