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Show Thursday, March 17, 1983 Canyon Slide Firobleims xWn'tf By DAWN TRACY Herald Staff Writer While Utah County residents brace for flooding this spring, Utah Department of Transportation officials say mud slide danger is at a peak right now in Provo Canyon. Motorists should watch for falling rocks especilly near the mouth of the canyon and in the Hoover area and to be cautious at barriers marking where the road has slipped, officials say. Myron Taylor, District 6 maintenance engineer, says every year crews must "babysit" a slippage area near Hoover's cabins near U.S. 189 below Deer Creek Reservoir where slides occur most often. The slippage area is a two-mi- le stretch starting about of a mile west of three-fourt- station near Deer Creek Dam to a half mile west of Hoover's cabins. not The stretch has three one slippage areas, and all the sub-pow- er are located on the Wasatch County side of Provo Canyon. "We've had problems with this area for as long as I can remember," Taylor says. "What happens is that when soils become saturated with moisture, the road starts sliding. This area is like a big sponge with a road built on top of it." of Last week, about 75-fe- highway slipped 12 inches, shearing a drainage pipe near THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, - Page 3 Away' Hoover cabins. Also, up the canyon in the middle slippage area, the outside lane has moved, making it unsafe for traffic. crews filled in the drop and repaired the drain pipe near Hoover's cabins and farmer up the canyon erected barriers so vehicles will avoid the damaged outside UDOT 12-in- lane. Taylor says because of springs in the area which seep into surrounding clay formations, there's nothing else crews can do but "babysit" the area. "The road should not have been built here in the first place but probably at the time, they did not have the equipment to put the highway anywhere else. All's we can do now is clear rocks and repair the road when it slips." Taylor says now is the worst time for mud slides and road failure in Provo Canyon, so motorists should be careful. Crews won't be able to resurof road until face the spring, and they won't repair the outside lane until they're sure the road has settled. He says construction to change the road won't be completed for at least ten years. And so far, not even an environmental impact statement has been prepared for future 75-fe- et construction "During wet winters, we ilnwftftnw Trucks take it easy over crack in road. a small lake. Taylor says several years ago, crews drilled about 75 feet into the middle slippage area to secure the road, but they never know which soils will be saturated first," says Taylor. "We have a crew patrol this canyon around the clock, and they're kept pretty busy." In a 1970 Herald story, geologist Harold J. Bissell said a & found nothing solid they could anchor pilings to. "The slippage area is a problem that isn't going to go away," Taylor says. . major slide occurred near Upper Falls around 1934 which dammed up the river, creating 1 Dennis Patterson Photos Utah Department of Transportation crews are ditching water away from the worst slide areas. Panelists Discuss Press Freedoms By MARA CALLISTER Herald Staff Writer Athay told the audience The panelists all showed up but only a handful of spectators at the Freedom of Information Day discussion at Brigham Young University Wednesday night. To honor James Madison, father of the Bill of Rights, Judge Monroe McKay, of the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, Gill Athay, Utah Defense Attorney, Patrick O'Hara, attorney for Bancott and Bagley, and Ernie Ford, producer at KSL-Tdebated how much power the press has today and if instant media coverage is the best coverage. "Instant communication has trivialized information. In the past, because of the delay and cost of V communication, we had a that federal officials leak to the press built-i- n reflex agianst trivia," McKay said, leading a discussion about the benefit of covering every moment of the Watergate trial. Twenty-seve- n local journalists, BYU professors and students watched the panelists present their opinions and asked them a few questions. the information they want given to the public. "The press is used to manipulate public opinion," he said. At the same time the press is using people too, he says. McKay, who freqently interjected his opinion, asked the other panelists if they believe the press should be charged with libel for publishing secret or stolen infor- mation from the government, e corfrom private or india or from porations private quasi-privat- vidual. Ford, the newsman on the panel, said the individual was the only one who has rights to privacy. He told of an incident where a public employee threatened to commit suicide if the media published the fact that he had resigned from his position because he stole money. KSL heard the man's threat, published the story and the man killed himself, Ford said. The judge and two attorneys on the panel said the U.S. doesn't have a balance today between the rights of free press and the rights of a fair trial. "Almost without exception, the current law surrenders to the free press," McKay said. Athay said, "The right to a fair trial is really not a legitimate concern. It's only the person in the trial who knows what the press has done, who is confronted with that because the masses believe that every trial is a fair trial." Sevier River Ranches Juab Rescinds Subdivision Rule Y - The decision in connected structures. McGregor told commissioners' he thought they need not be. concerned about setting a precedent by the action since the ranches are a unique situation.. "This is an amended plat," he said, "There is a plat on record and it was signed by the county commissioners." McGregor says when the plat was originally signed, property owners thought it was accurate. " Later, the plat was resurveyed' and all deeds were returned title company. Once the plat ' map is recorded in its corrected: form the deeds. will be reissued to the property owners. McGre- gor says because the plat map' was previously recorded the sit- -' to the case of the Sevier River Ranches in southern Juab "A good (defense) lawyer has learned to manipulate the press to our side of the case and that's the only way we can be effective," Athay said. County. However, O'Hara said the rights of access to information is important enough that it should take priority over a fair trial if there must be an imbalance. Ford, asking for "the last word" at the discussion, said despite the power of the press, newsmen "really do have some kind of idea that they are doing a job as important as the judge thinks he's kL Jim McGregor, a member of the property owners association, explained to commissioners that the board of health on the local level would not sign the plat map unless there was an engineered water system approved for the development. There are 75 property owners who have water shares, says McGregor but it will be a few years before a community water system is built. There are four approved wells and four ap to-th- e uation is unique. Monroe McKay doing. 71 M.UMV.AVI., IPP proved cesspools in the estates, which are connected to present Juab County ComNEPHI missioners decided to waive a county subdivision regulation that requires a Central Utah Health District signature be on a plat map before it is recorded. NOVO lINC MOMI7MU) Railroaded' GireYnirOldHoe The Heave. 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