| Show N NEW HIGHWAY y l V 11 Will BENEFIT IRON COUNTY GOUNT The fifteenth Utah legislature re recently recently recently re- re ended passed two measures pertaining pertaining pertaining per per- to construction and maintenance ance of state highways that will have havea a distinct bearing on Iron County The first added some miles of roadway roadway road road- roadway way to the State primary and secondary secondary second second- ary road system The second raised the gasoline tax the proceeds from which go toward upkeep of the state highways highways high high- ways aya from 3 33 cents per gallon to The new bill makes it possible to use the additional thc c tax for construction construction construction tion of the additional mileage Two stretches of highway In Iron county formerly under county supervision supervision supervision super super- vision will be affected The road from Cedar to Newcastle and on to the Junction of Enterprise road will be made a part of the State primary system system system tem and the Parowan Y road from Parowan through the Parowan gap to the Lund Cedar-Lund highway will be made madea a part of the secondary system The Enterprise Cedar-Enterprise Jet road is a distance of about 25 miles over which the county has spent considerable money and developed developed a very goodroad goodroad good goodroad road bed All new construction would be handled as usual on a 50 basis the state furnishing half and the county county county coun coun- ty half with the State handling all maintenance The Parowan Y road has been but little developed but should be of distinct distinct distinct dis dis- advantage to travelers if developed develop develop- ed by the state |
