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Show drainage system has been installed and grading completed e on this section. Gibbons and Reed Construction finished the job last fall for $2.9 million. Surfacing on this sec 5.6-mil- tion will be done at the same time as the portion from the county line to Juab-Millar- d Scipio. F. county line to Scipio. Bids have been opened Juab-Millar- d on the contract for grading, drainage, and structure work on this section, as mentioned elsewhere in this issue. A subsequent contract will be required for surfacing. Mudslide is responsible for increase in Juab County traffic by Myrna Trauntvein The closure of the Spanish Fork Canyon road has led to a 40 percent increase in traffic through Juab County and Nephi, says Sgt. Sterling Christiansen of the Utah Highway Patrol. Traffic has picked up on State Road 132. The road leads to Sanpete County and Highway 89, as well as to east-boun- d Price through Fairview Canyon. Juab County Sheriff Dave Carter, however, says the most heavily traveled road is State Road 28 south from Levan. Carter says the traffic comes to Levan, and then along from Levan to Gunnison and Salina. leads from Salina to Price and into Colorado. Both officials agreed that there has not been much of an increase in traffic-relateproblems, although Carter says there have been a few more accidents of the r variety. It surprises me that there have been so few problems, says Christiansen. Initially, says Christiansen, extra Highway Patrol troopers were assigned to the area to assist with traffic flow problems. The extra crew paid off, he says. Steve Boswell, president of the Nephi Chamber of Commerce, says the cafes are doing a fantastic business, and the percent increase in business and he likes that because of the slow winter. We like the tourist A dishwasher at one of the trade, he said. cafes, Dave Matheson, told Ross Jensen, a restaurant Boswell he had gone to work r said business has pickeight-houwork worker, to an planning shift, and had to work 1 1 hours ed up on weekends, but there because of the increased busi- hasnt been that much of an increase during the week. ness. service station operators business has increased as well. Hap White, owner of Haps 66 Serivce, reports business has improved 25 to 35 percent. Ive given more maps in the last two weeks than I gave all last year. I probably have 100 people stop a day for tourist information in addition to gas and service. I think I ought to put in to the state for a tourist booth. Tom Howard, manager of Allens Food Farm, claims a 10 But JoAnn Tolley, who with her huband, Maurice, manages Forseys Variety Store, says business in her store and others like it hasnt changed. Our days havent improved at all. They are just the same, she says. The Times-New- s Nephi, Utah May 12, 1983 5 d deer-relate- d fender-bende- According to the Department of 1 ransportation The Nephi-to-Scipi- The following is a outline of the progress of Interstate 15 between Nephi and Scipio: A. North Nephi to south Nephi. Alder Construction Company was awarded a contract to build structures for the two Nephi interchanges at a cost of $1.9 million. The north Nephi interchange will be completed by Aug; 1, and the south Nephi interchange will be completed by Oct. 15.e The surfacing of this section of road will be completed either in the late fall of 1983 or in the early spring of 1984. Acme Concrete Company won the bid at $6.7 million. The firm is now crushing gravel for the project in anticipation of a break in the weather. B. South Nephi to four miles south of Nephi. The drainage step-by-ste- p o 1-- system and grading of this e portion is now 65 percent complete. It should be .finished this summer. Owl Constructors is doing the work for 12.8-mil- $7.4 million. 1.3 miles was included in the $22.8 million project and has been completed. However, since it leads to other unfinished portions, it is not open yet. d E. Sevier River to the Until May 28th Subscribe to one month of Juab-Millar- Five structures will be built along this section to carry local roads as well as a canal under the new interstate. Build, Inc., has the contract to construct them for $2.9 million, The structures could be finished this fall or early next spring. Surfacing of this portion is also dependent upon work on the Mills Junction interchange. Fill material for the interchange has been in place for about two years. That is not unusual, because the massive piles of material that support freeway interchanges must settle over a lengthy period of time before anything can be built upon system and all necessary them. The fill material for the grading for this section were Mills Junction interchange has completed last fall by LeGrande settled about five feet and is apJohnson Construction for $5.6 proaching the point where conmillion. It is scheduled for sur- struction of the bridge can facing at the same time as the ' begin. D. Mills Junction to the portion from four miles south of Sevier River. Six miles of this Mills Junction. Nephi to e section are finished and of miles south Nephi traffic. The remaining to The to Mills Junction. drainage open - 6.3-mil- 7.3-mil- ur reporf 15 county Here's what's cooking at school lunch Deseret News or .3 Here is the lunch menu for schools in the Juab District for May Sloppy joes, Monday french fries, ketchup, peaches, coconut classic cookie, milk. Beef and bean Tuesday bake, garden salad, dessert, toasted cheese sandwich, milk. Ham and Wednesday 16-2- cheese The line. The 0: The Salt Lake Tribune and Get the Second Month FREE!!! (new subscribers only) Call Joyce Bracken $ iodo y lawns and now is the time to h our lawn thached. e have on hand many kinds o We have a thatcher fruit trees also flowering or- nanmental trees in stock. Shop Sunshine for bedding plants. Tomatoes , peppers will be ready am the proper planting time. We have potted plants, fresh We jjjflowers. do corsages, sprays and arrangements. Glen and Mildred Beilis ton's Sunshine Floral & Nursery 129 South 100 West, Nephi - 623-103- 0 Distributor At 623-129- 8 304 N. 300 E., Nephi sandwich, potato rounds, mixed vegetables, applesauce, cookie, milk. Chicken nugThursday gets, vegetable, gelatin dessert salad, peanut butter finger, cornbread, honey, butter, milk. Hot dog, mustard, Friday french fries, ketchup, finger salad, strawberry shortcake with topping, milk. MEPHU CITY SEEING CLEANUP On Saturday, May 14, 1983 Nephi City will conduct its annual spring clean-u- p . On this day Nephi City crews will pick up and haul away limbs, junk, debris, etc. that residents place in piles along the sides of the street Ifyou need help moving material from your property out to the street, please contact Nephi City at 623-082- 2. Please have material to be hauled away out on the street by 8:00 cum. Please participate and help beautify Nephi. When you subscribe to The Times-News. It only costs .0287671 cents per day!! Can you afford not to? Subscribe today!! $10.50 per year in Juab County |