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Show Public works building to be constructed been badly needed for the past 10 years, but has been delayed by the floods and reconstruction period of 1983-86, the downtown reconstruction reconstruc-tion in 1988-89, and the major street 1 projects including completion of Orchard and Bountiful Drive. Designed by architect Fred Montmorency, the new facility will feature an overhead crane for lifting trucks, welding shops, hydraulic hoists, a maintenance area for repairs, and a sandblasting and paint shop. BOUNTIFUL A "badly-needed "badly-needed $1.6 million Streets, Parks and Public Works Building to be constructed on the existing site at 900 S, 200 West is on target, a Bountiful spokesman said. The low bid was received by Jerry Lawrence of Beck Street Construction. Con-struction. Ground for the new facility was broken Oct 17, and the construction construc-tion deadline (weather permitting) is set for July 19, Jack Balling, city engineer, said. The single-story building will contain 23,400 square feet, enough to meet the expanding needs for offices of-fices and maintenance of equipment and vehicles. The need for the facility is linked to the enormous population growth in the city. When the existing Street Department Building was constructed con-structed in 1965, the population of Bountiful was only 17,000. The population has more than doubled since then, and the Street Department Depart-ment crews maintain nearly twice the number of miles of city streets. Other signs of growth: Storm drain maintenance has expanded from 5 to 32 miles; The truck fleet has grown from nine 2 z -ton bobtails to 15 vehicles (including seven 10- wheelers); Paving has increased from five miles per year to 13 miles annually; an-nually; The city also maintains 15 city-owned parks, an 18-hole golf course and a large indoor-outdoor recreation complex. However, one item has not grown dramatically. The city has added only six employees in the past 20 -years. City officials say the building has |