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Show THE Utah Foundation gives fund report Foundation reported. The program officially began on Jijl)r 1, 1970, just one year after the increase in Utahs motor fuels tax, enacted by the 1969 Legislature, took effect. The return from the tax increase will be used to support the collector road First-yecollections proprogram. duced a net sum (after collection and administrative costs) of $4,347,876.84, for use in 1970-7- 1. ar The money will be divided among Utahs counties and 36 cities of 2,500 or more population, on a formula which takes into account population, land area, and the estimated cost of completing the collector 85 29 road system. Salt Lake City will receive the largest single allocation, about $606,000, for 1970-7- 1. Salt Lake County, exclusive of Salt Lake City and five other participating cities within the county, will receve the second largest single allocation, $508,000. Total allocated foruseinSalt Lake County, including allocations to the six participating cities, is $1.2 million. Salt Lake County, of course, comprises almost 45 of Utahs total population. Weber County (with five participating cities) will receive the second-large- st overall total, about $375,000, followed by Utah County (with eight participating cities), $351,000; Davis County (five participating cities), $228,000; and Tooele County (one participating city), $194,000. Piute County, with a total of only 1.3 miles of collector roads, will receive the smallest 1970-7- 1 allocation, $8,214. Ten percent of each citys and countys' allocation may be spent for maintenance and the remainder must be used for construction of its collector road system. Each local government may set its own priorities for construction. County allocations cover all cities and towns of less than 2,500 and unincorporated municipalities within their borders. The 1969 law requires that all collector roads be professionally engineered, and that plans be approved by the State HiglF way Department. All projects of $25,000 or more must be placed on bid, and performed by contractors licensed by the state. Smaller projects may be constructed by cities and counties own work forces, but local governments are specifically prohibited from breaking construction projects into small units to circumvent the bid requirement. Collector roads and streets are nowhere precisely defined, the Foundation points out, but are considered to be roads which are not part of the Federal-ai- d primary or state highway systems, but which serve to collect local traffic and deliver it to the larger systems. Rural roads and city streets on the collector system are designated by the Legislature. The collector road system was patterned on recommendations made by Wilbur Smith and Associates and the Automotive Safety Foundation, nationally known consultants, in reports published in 1965 studies.' They recomfollowing mended that more than a thousand miles of roads and streets be transferred from the state system to local jurisdiction, and that more than 300 miles of local roads and streets be transferred to state jurisdiction. The reports recognized the cities and countjes inability to finance the expanded systems and recommended a increase in the motor fuels tax, to be devoted to this purpose. Legislation passed in 196J is generally based on the recommendations of theSmith the-eig- Goshen $2.00 in tickets good for any Lagoon ride and swimming any day during any season is yours when you fill in the enclosed blank mail to subscription Please enter my and Payson Chronicle One) (Check I enclose $..5.00 J ily, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph (Roseland) Hillman at Las Vegas, Nevada. 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While in Calif, the Finchs spent some time with her brother and family, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hammond at Wilmington, Calif, and Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Steele at Rialto, Calif. They also enjoyed Disneyland, Knotts Berry Farm, the San Diego Zoo and other places of interest. PUBLISHING COMPANY LUOE OF OhWHCH SCHOOL s HOME qOO WfcEO FOR. BUSiklESS 0OE(2o(TbVJG VAOe TO ORDER- - SNAP OUTS - Continued from Page Two subscription renewal FAST FFFlClFXJT - CARBONLESS Mr. and Mrs. Leo Burraston of Delta and Mr. Lynn Burraston of Ogden accompanied their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Burraston to Salt Lake City last Wednesday to attend funeral services and burial for their grandmother, Mrs. Martina Jensen. Mrs. Jensen was a former resident of Goshen. Mr. and Mrs. V.L. Beck of Ogden spent the week at the home of their sister-in-laMrs, Eva Cook, and, attended funeral services for Mr. Bert Burraston Monday. Smokey Sayt: FORM CTO PAPER cowrnvious Poms- - special" ptw& and Automotive Safety Foundation reports, as modified by special committees representing state and local interests. Most local and state officials are optimistic regarding the success of the proIt is gram, Utah Foundation reports. expected to improve highway administration and service to the public. If the program is to be permanently successful, however, it must not be allowed to fall back into a climate of political maneuvering. This will require that Utah legislators resist local pressures that may be expected to appear and to increase with time. Future legislators will also have the responsibility of making sure that collector road funds are efficiently administered and wisely spent at both state and COMPLETE ADDRESSING MAiUMG 3 CHRONICLE Thursday, July 30, 1970 Payson will receive $13,481,91 for construction and maintenance of collector roads in 1970-7- 1, it was stated by Utah Foundation, a private, nonprofit, public service agency, in a report released this week. More than $351,000 in collector road funds will be allocated for use in Utah County, including $18,825.29 for American Fork, $12,499.19 for Lehi, for Orem, $13,481,91 for Payson, $15,564.32 for Spanish Fork, $13,439.15 for Pleasant Grove, $116, 138.33 for Provo $22,856,09 for Springville and $90,661.28 for use in the county outside cities. side the eight cities. 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