Show immediate improvement of route 89 assured by state and forest officials immediate improvement of U 8 highway 89 between fredonia mid and jacob lake inko arizona Ariz la is assur ea 1 according tu to 1 P U liehn executive vice aco president of tile tho great international highway association on oil june tile tho arizona state commission approved aal highway Ilig hway passed tho the next years road bud yet 9 et which included approximately it quarter of a million dollars for or tho the surfacing of U a so 80 from fro donin arizona Arl to tho the boundary of the national forest work Is expected to start immediately sir fr kielin reports that on oil june lahd ard 3rd lie hu wits as advised by officials of tile U a lureau of public roads of the allotment of funds for foi the improvement and surfacing of U a 8 80 89 from tile tho forest adrest boundary to jacob lake government engineers expect to rebuild and realign tho the road near jacob lako lake tills this year they also albo expect to bogin begin surfacing tho the northern end of their portion of tile tho road working toward jacob lake inko the newly constructed ted portion of tho the road will probably not bo be surfaced until next season mr air helm was told with state and federal govern co cooper oper operating abing the final thirty mile stretch on oil the international highway from canada to mexico should be completed by midsummer sill iliner 1039 mr helm said both agencies aro definitely committed to tile the work and contracts acta for the const rite ti on should be signed within tile next sixty days the rile great international high wily association Is sponsoring tile of a north south in it ter road from banff canada to nogales negates arizona Arl ul thun tely tho the project Is id expected to bozonie be coine the center segment nt of tile akinska to duenos buenos aires alaci r ann an am ain road tho the association also plans plana to attract travel to tile tho inter lioun tain area by publicizing tho the ton ten ila national parks and twenty birco ahr national monuments which llo ito along the route of tho the international highway tile tho Is a prot it organization supported by public spirited citizens lit in tho the area served by tile tho toad road II 11 J russell organization director for tho the lilg highway hway association who Is conducting a membership compa campaign ign tit in phoenix and nogales arizona reports a tremendous tremon doua interest lit in tho the hi highway kilway project mr russell said that people lit in arizona are begin beginning FAI ng to realize that the mountain beatea tes must work together to schura accuro a fair portion of tho the tourist dollars now being spent in tho west tho highway project Is endorsed by rawleigh 0 stanford governor of arizona chambers of commerce and civic officials in practically every community along tile route on oil juno june tho the state convention of arizona 2000 2030 20 00 30 clubs cluba meeting lit in nogales endorsed the highway project and pledged their state organization to support it recent surveys prove that tile tho travel industry la Is tho the third largest inconis producing factor lit in tho the united states last alnut year ono mil lion ilon little hundred eighty thousand tourists entered arizona over east cast west highways these visitors spent civo million dollars while in fit the state recording according to the survey sponsors of tho the highway development point out that their route which crosses every cast west trun trankline kline lit in tatt lia nation can call illo inalle to divert a portion of tills this traffic ina into tho the north sou south ali channels they predict tile alio number of visitors to Ari zonas and national parks which tire aro now poorly served by cast west roads can easily bo be doubled through proper publicity for tho the now road while travelers travel cra this year will find some thirty miles of unpaved rond road on oil the route it Is pointed out that iho present highway Is in excellent excelle iii condition tile mountainous por porel tlona bas aro are not at till all dangerous and the scenic beauty canot banot bo be equalled equal led anywhere in tho the world |