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Show Road building ' p!ans in ; counfy complete The Utah County Highway ?5 Department has virtually com- pleted the road building plans for 1968 according to Stanley D. Roberts, Utah County Com- mission chairman. "We have surveyed all roads in the county and are putting .. the finishing touches on our road program for 1968. Most of the new roads will be designed de-signed for heavier loads, and higher traffic counts as well as for additional width and safety factors. We are trying to complete com-plete work on school bus routes, mail routes, and heavily hea-vily travelled arterial roads," said the Commissioner. He noted that some of the roads contemplated for construction con-struction in 1968 include the following: Goshen Canyon, 4.1 miles, estimated cost $120,000; Goshen to Elberta, 5 miles, cost $110,000. Shular road near Payson, 3.5 miles, $18,000; Genola roads, 6.6 miles, $25,000. Holley Feed yard near Maple-ton, Maple-ton, 1 mile, $5,000; Mapleton junk yard road, 1.2 miles, $12,- 000 (phis base course); Spanish Span-ish Fork-Springville Airport road, 2.2 miles, $46,000; River drive near Leland, 1 mile, $7,-00; $7,-00; Gordon road, Lake Shore, .6 miles, $3,000; Ben Russon road, Lehi, 4 miles, $12,000; Ray Gammon road, Geneva, 1 mile, $2500; Ward Webb-South Lehi, 1 mile, $2500; Garn Hol-brook Hol-brook road, Lehi, 3.2 miles, $24,000; Fred Peterson, Lehi, - 1 mile, $3,000; Spencer Lane, ; Jolley, Bromley, Am Fork 3 miles, $18,000; Dr. Larsen road, Lehi, 1.7 miles, $10,000; Thanes Lane, American Fork, .4 mile, $2500; and the Rex Elmer road, Payson, .5 mile, $2500. Sealing of roads will be continued con-tinued throughout the county on those which have gone 4 or 1 -t 5 years since prior treatment. Commissioner Roberts also commented on the plans for the use of a Utah County product pro-duct in the future road building build-ing program. He mentioned that Coal Tar, produced by Reilly Tar and Chemical Com-any, Com-any, will replace asphalt oil or petroleum products in some of the new road construction. Experiments Ex-periments have proven that in many instances the coal tar products may be better suited to road building conditions. At least, the county will give the new product an extensive trial. Freight costs will be materially reduced by using Coal Tar as the refinery is centrally located locat-ed in Utah County. The County Commission and the highway department were highly pleased with the results of the surplus equipment sale held last week. The items sole almost 75 over and above the reserve bids and netted Utah County over $9500, said the commissioner. |