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Show More traffic jams with 1st So. closure and we don't want to close this road. No one should have the right to close public roads." A traffic study conducted in July and August by the Salt Lake City Traffic Engineer Dept., State of Utah Highway Dept. and the University Univer-sity Traffic Engineers revealed that daily traffic on Penrose Drive was 2700 vehicles; 48 percent of these cars now use Federal Way. The petition submitted to the City Commission calling for the closing of Penrose Drive stated, "The University Uni-versity of Utah has adequate ave- unes of access to its campus through the major arterial streets of 1st South, 2nd South, 3rd South, 4th South, 5th South, Foothill Drive and 13th East and the closing of Penrose Dr. will not inconvenience the University nor impede access to it but will preserve one of the loveliest residential areas" in the city. Virginia Street, South Temple, Wolcott Ave. and Federal Way now share the distribution of Penrose Drive traffic as well as handling the area's regular traffic. The residents on Federal Way were besigned with even heavier morning Tuesday following the blocking of 1st South between 13th East and Butler Ave. The blockade rerouted virtually all the 1st South traffic to South Temple and connecting con-necting Federal Way. Dwellers along the one-way street complained that the situation has become really impossible. Cars were backed up to the intersection intersec-tion of South Temple and 13th East from Federal Way and six blocks up Virginia Street, the main north-south north-south route from the east avenues. ave-nues. University employe Hannah Whitney commented, "I'm extraordinarily extra-ordinarily irate that it took me 20 minutes to get to the Union and I only live on "U" Street and 3rd Ave." Fifteen minute waiting lines confronted con-fronted many University students, staff members and faculty when they tried to get up the one block of Federal Way. First South was closed Tuesday morning so the final layer of asphalt asp-halt could be poured. Project engineer engi-neer John Staveren said, "The temperature's up. We have a 60 degree temperature limit. And the forecast for tomorrow is not favorable." favor-able." Crews punch-in in the morning so construction could not be postponed until afternoon when demand on the street is lower. Mrs. Eugene Farley and Mrs. Robert Rob-ert Porter met with City Commissioner Commis-sioner Steve Harmsen to discuss his plans for the traffic in the area. No official statements were released. re-leased. Tuesday's aggravation of the Federal Fed-eral Way traffic problem is a continuation con-tinuation of the upsets over the temporary closing of Penrose Drive. Federal Way residents feel that they are being discriminated against in their pleas. Most citizens in the area feel that closing the road is not the answer. A housewife said, "We live here by choice as do all the people in the neighborhood. I'd love to get the traffic off our street; it would be wonderful and quiet. But we all understand the traffic |