Show n a V 1 Cedar Breaks Road To Be Designated As Par Park Par Approach Although action is being held UI up pending the Allotment of ot Federal funds indications are that the Cedar Breaks road from the forest boundary a at Woods Wood's a ranch ral to to the rim of ot too the r Breaks will m soon be designated as a. a w park approach road and the Bureau 1 of Public Roads have plans outlined t to make this a marvelous scenic route 1 with the grades entire distance z x Approval of f this long expected program program pro pro- gram of road development In Cedar 1 f canyon will be a just JuM award for lone and determined den det efforts of Cedar boosters boasters l aril acid d mark the start of one of the most important scenic developments develop develop- I. I ments meats in southern Utah t R. R R. R Mitchell senior road engineer 5 in charge of forest and park roads road for 1 0 the bureau of ot public roads has been e in Cedar edar City for the past few d days ys 5 going over the Cedar canyon canyon project a. a l with a view to working out better Irad grades and securing data for tho j formulation of a complete construe construe- tion program Although he was unable un son- l lable i able to make any definite announcement announce announce- ment meet he Indicated that the bureau of ot i l public roads is ready to proceed with this project as soon as Federal funds are made available Tentative plans he said called for a anew new alignment of the gulch road 1 i which would eliminate the heavy I grades in the lower portion of ot the r gulch The plan would plan would be to move the bridge at the mouth of the gulch ti farther down the canyon then running the road back toward the too I coal n mine ne and circling toward th the tho mouth of the gulch h and tunneling lt through the cliff cUff This would require re re- f quire a tunnel of from three to four r 1 hundred feet in length The I roads bureau has been anxious to realign the road from Woods Wood's ranch t to Webster Webster flat n flit t to eliminate the sharp i switch backs In that section and I maintain 1 an easier euler grade After going Tt JP over the ground Mr Mitchell reporter reported Jl that it Is 15 opinion that this could b ba be s 's t done by turning to the north Just th east of Webster flat riot going over the the- 1 ridge and and following down the Walker t canyon to Woods Wood's ranch This route he be said aid would be of ot more scenic value since it would run directly under the red bluffs in that locality and he feels teeb i sure that an average grade of a a. little littlemore more than six per percent ent could be obtained obtain obtain- I ed without so many sharp turns p P. P P. P superintendent of Zion i r National Park and Cedar Breaks National National Na Na- r monument states that he expects expects ex ex- i that the road will wilt be designated as a parks para approach road In the very 1 near future |