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Show Roads Show Traffic Hike Most traffic counting stations on Utah highways showed an increase in volume during 1981, according to the monthly report of the Utah Department of Transportation. The composite traffic volumes at 55 permanently located operating traffic stations showed an overall traffic increase of .9-percent when compared with the corresponding month of the previous year in November, and an increase of 2.3-percent for the first 11 months when compared with the previous year. Interstate highways, both in urban and rural areas, showed traffic increases for the first 11 months of 1981 and for the month of November, 1981, when compared with the previous year. For November, rural interstate travel was up by 5.2-percent and urban travel was up by 4-percent over the previous November. For the year to date, rural interstate traffic was up by 8.6-percent and urban travel was up by 3.2-percent. (Continued on Page 7) 'i' Utah Roads Show Traffic Hike For '81 (Continued from Page 1) However, a decrease of 18.1-percent on secondary federal-aid roads was noted for November, 1981, compared with the previous November. Primary federal-aid rural roads', however, showed a 5-percent increase. Federal aid urban, roads, showed a 6?7-percen( rediictjqnjn fravel pp w;ban., roads' for November. ?K For the first 11 months of the year, federal-aid rural roads showed a 6.7-percent increase, while secondary roads were down 6.6-percent, Federal aid urban road travel for the year to date was down by 3.4-percent. U. S, Highway 89 near Vermillion showed an increase of 2.4-percent in travel for November over the previous November, and up by 4.4-percent over the first 11 months of the previous year. Other area figures, showing the November comparison first and the year to date second, all with increases; U. S. 89 north of Marysvale,.7-percent, 6.2-percent; U. S. Highway 89-A south of Kanab, 1.2-percent, 10.3-percent; U. S. 89 east jpf Kanab,.dowOj by 12.5-percent for November but 3.4-percent ahead of last year for the first 11 months. Utah 95, south of Hanksville, showed the largest decline of any road in the state. Figures showed travel on the road down by 69.1-percent in November, 1981, compared with November, 1980. The road also showed a decrease in traffic for the first 11 months of the year, of 14.1-percent. |