Show surfacing of highway 89 th through VA ough kaibab forest foresi to begin R crin may first road to the grand canyon of 0 tho the colorado U S nigh way 89 80 is ia soon to bo be imp improved royed according to word receiver from officers of the international il highway association in phoenix the highway association which li 14 the development of the entire north south road 4 reports that officials of the 1 U B S bureau of 0 public roads predict completion of surfacing on the forest service road froia jocab lake south to kalbac national forest to the north TIM of tho the grand canyon E estimate not more than two months will be required to finish the job work la is ached billed to start may tho the first highway Improve improvements will bring the vacation area of zion park bryco bryce canyon and cedar breaks in southern utah and the 0 grand baur you yon in arizona closer together two ago arizona state highway engineer howard S reed reported that contracts have boon been let by hla department talling calling for surface construction on U S 89 80 from the east cast boundary of the kal bab to cameron Oa meron work Is to bo bo be by midsummer mid summer federal contracts under the bureau of 0 public roada have been let for the distance between jacob lake and tho the point where state browa are working 11 n R helm executive vice prea ident of the highway organization predicted completion of tho the surface work now under construction would In increase creaso the tourist traffic fifty per cent in the coming coa swi mr helm ileum pointed out that heretofore tourist traffic has been divided by unfavorable road con dIt editions lows ile iio said visitors to the abo grand canyon on the south rim were usually traveling in ap an cast acot direction utah open to motorists on IJ U S highway 91 were not readily accessible from tho the south for tho the samo same tenson a largo large percentage of utah visitors were forced to leao tho the grand canyon out of their itinerary B J J russell Il director for tho the highway report ei receiving word from utah of tremendous interest in tho arizona vacation area officers of tb tho 3 associated so socia ted civic clubs of southern utah which Is actively supporting the highway association predict a tremendous increase in travel with the completion of tho the road from cameron north they say commercial cial activity will bo be stimulated bringing increased prosperity to the residents of both states newspapers la in utah and arizona have been devoting a considerable amount of space to news of the highway project acco nUng to mr russell A meeting was held in flagstaff flags taff arizona recently to coh I 1 means of securing congressional aid for tills this project directors and officials of the organization who lye live in tho the north attended mr helm presented information con corning tho the other othe r p of north south highways highway now being advocated DesIgn designation atlon find and construction of on an alternator alter alteri nato tafe bouto now proposed would dicave utah cand and arizona completely out of 0 tho the picture air helm said til al proponents of a superhighway super highway system havo have outlined two nori south bouth routes in tho the west lot bl paso texada and ban diego kill fornia am named southern terminals in tho the proposal our plan mr holm helm said has haa the advantage of 0 a direct tonto route through tho the greatest area in tho the united states the high highway wity sponsored spon sered by the arizona Arso association clation from No nobalee arizona to edmonton alberta follows an olmos fc direct north bouth line it passes through important i centers of kopul population tion in Arizo arizonna hk idalio and montana and connects ten national parks paries |