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Show ExP. S3 li,.i..u...iin Serving East Juab County - A Nice Place To Live! ' Volume Wednesday, June 9, 1999 97, No 23 Single Copy Price By Myrna Trauntvein Times-New- s Correspondent There may be delays in Salt Creek Canyon for all travelers because of the road construction Nephi City officials have looked forward to for several years. The Utah Department of Transportation will be widening highway SR 132 and will make a turn-of- f lane onto the golf course road," said Randy McKnight, city administrator. Nephi City and UDOT have also contracted to work together to move an old concrete water line, which would be in the path of the new construction, to a better site. The concrete water line will be replaced with a metal line, said TRAFFIC DELAYS UDOT will be widening SR 132 for the next 120 days and delays are possible during the construe- tion. Above a flagman stops traffic in Salt Creek Canyon on Tuesday. traffic is going to be the rule until the project is finished in 4 months. One-wa- y city council to discuss any problems which may occur during the construction phase. Contractors and subcontractors have 120 days, beginning with May 3, to complete the project. The Mormon Miracle Pageant in Manti will be staged during the time the road is being widened, said McKnight. They are aware of the timing but there still be some sizable waits, 6aid McKnight One thing the council had hoped was that the widening project might go to the county line. However, that will not be the case. The last planned passing lane is by the Uinta National Forest turn off where the traffic may ieave the highway to travel to the Nebo Loop Road, a National Scenic UDOT does need to extend the project all the way to the county line, said Chad Brough, mayor. Perhaps that will be done in the near future. It should be a consideration for public McKnight. City culinary water needs will be a strong consideration as the water line is moved, he said. One feed line to the city will need to remain active so there will be no interruption in water service. There will be a progress meeting each Tuesday morning," said McKnight. He said UDOT had made the meeting safety. open to members of the city staff and By-Wa- y. Commission sending letters asking for extended comment period on proposed wilderness area By Myrna Trauntvein . Times-New- s Correspondent Juab County Commissioners signed letters they are sending to all political representatives of the county on the national and state level asking them to assist in having the Bureau of Land Management extend the public comment period on its proposal to amend different BLM plans in Utah. terms of the proposal, 2.6 milUnder , lion additional acres of public land would administratively be placed in Wilderness Study Areas (WSAs). Placing public lands in WSAs has the effect of creating de facto wilderness until Congress takes some action to designate or release the lands, said Wm. Boyd Howarth, commission chair. 18 Based on past experience, it might be years before Congress acts, said Howarth. He said the wilderness designation has been an extremely controversial issue in Utah for the past 35 years. Considering the importance of this issue and the controversy that it has created in the past, we feel that this short comment period on how the Commission will map county mads for general plan mission agreed with the planning commission that a transportation, circulas Correspondent tion and access element be added since Two public hearings have been held it was an important part of the county on the transportation and circulation general plan. A map, titled Transportation and element proposed for addition to the and Circulation county general plan so, failing proMap, was included with the votthe Juab Commission tests, County wording including the new element into ed affirmatively to add the element to the general plan. This map, attached the plan at Mondays commission meet- to this plan is the official map showing claimed roads within the county," said ing. Robert Steele, commissioner, said the Glenn Greenhalgh, county planning roads were important and there were a commission director. In addition to the official map, more great many of them. Ill bet we have more roads than any other county in the and smaller scale maps, referred to as state. For example, we probably have transportation and circulation detail . four roads to Garfield Countys one. maps, were also adopted by reference Steele said many roads in the Tintic into the general plan of the county. area were historic and were there, orig"Juab County, hereby, asserts its RS because 2477 of the mining industry inally, rights on all roads on public lands in Juab County. At one time, there were identified on the reference maps," said large and productive silver mines in the Howarth. Tintic area. We have many roads in the Wtst Some of the roads used today, Desert area which are important to the throughout the county, are there be- residents there, said Joseph Bernini, cause they lead to remote recreation commissioner. The road leading from areas where fishing and other sports are Callao to Partoun, for example, is not enjoyed. asphalted but the county works to mainJuab County Planning Commission tain the quality of the gravel road for held the first hearing and the county the use of residents and recreationists. The area is part of the old Pony Excommission held the second. No one, aside from the commission and mem- press run and has several historic sites. All roads used by the public, even bers of the planning commission, atd tended the hearing those which art not graveled, but are used by county residents to move cattle held last Wednesday evening. Transportation and access to lands and sheep, for example, are important is very important in Juab county and to have mapped. We have spent a lot of time to its residents, said Wm. Boyd Howarvisiting the West Desert and other areas of the th, county commission chair. For those reasons, he said, the com county and researching roads, said By Myrua Trauutveiu Times-New- county-sponsore- Howarth. We are continuing to work on our mapping and are working to make certain we get all of the known roads listed and inventoried. He said Juab County should received $40,000 for the expenses they have incurred in doing the RS 2477 mapping. The county will contract with the state and will then receive the money. The money is coming to the county to do the mapping, said Steele. amendments will proceed is unreasonable and totally inadequate," he said. Extending the period for comment would extend the playing filed for competing interests to fairly and accurately make their cases for or against wilderness, he said. Howarth said the commission was seeking the support of all the elected Washington delegation and state representatives to effect a change in the time limit. He said commissioners were writing Governor Mike Leavitt, Senators Orrin Hatch and Wallace Bennett, Congressman James Hansen, Representatives Tbm Hatch, Bill Wright and Bradley T. Johnson, state Senator Le- onard M. Blackham. We are asking that these people support our request to BLM to extend the comment period to allow the public, counties, and user groups, especially those who will be directly impacted by this proposal, adequate time to study the proposal, analyze the data and evaluate its impacts and to respond in a reasonable manner and with appropriate supporting documentation, where necessary," said Howarth. Commissioners are suggesting that all write to Ms. Linda Colville, acting state director of the Bureau of Land Management, at Utah State Office, RO. Box 45155, Salt Lake City, UT 84145-015and request the public have more time to comment. It is, undoubtedly, the most significant and far reaching public land issue that the public in Utah has had or will have the opportunity to be involved with for many years," said Howarth. Juab County Commissioners were invited to attend a rally to protest the addition of acreage to the BLM proposed 5, wilderness study area. The rally will be held in Salt Lake City at the state capitol building at 2 p.m. on Saturday, June 26. It is time we were heard, said Robert Steele, commissioner. People from all over will come to protest the increase in proposed wilderness study areas, he said. All members of the community are also invited to attending the meeting to make a public stand against the proposal of taking even more of the countys lands. Miss NepM 1998 to compete m Miss Utah Pageant Lindsey Wright, daughter of Karen Allen and Dr. Kirk Wright, will be competing for the Miss Utah title the week of June 9 at Mountain View High School in Orem. Lindsey will be performing a vocal solo, Boogie Woo-gi- e Bugle Boy," for her talent on Wednesday the 16th. She will compete in the Evening Gown division on Thursday the 17th, and model in the Swimsuit division on Friday the 18th. The top ten finalists of the competition will compete Saturday evening, June 19. The Miss Utah Pageant is open to the public. Admission is $12.00 for each of the preliminary nights and $25.00 for the Saturday finals. 14-1- i Lindsey vtnght |