Show State Road Commission Makes Final Settlement of Road Controversy A decision has been reached bj b bv the Sta State te Road Commission on th the e routing of a highway to connect conned t highway 81 91 at Cedar City with h highway 82 91 at Nevada thus re se removing removing re- re moving all obstacles to the devel devel- highway 93 at Panaca thus re- re Important highway connection The route selected after many n. n months of Investigation and exhaustive ex exhaustive exhaustive ex- ex engineering study will 1 connect with the Nevada section a athe at atthe atthe t the Utah-Nevada Utah line near Uvada and then go to Modena from there thereto to Newcastle and on to Cedar CIt City The sta state te Commission will request the U U. U S. S Public Roads Administration Adminis Adminis- to designate this highway as M a federal aid project and to de develop develop de- de elop this section at the earliest possible date Long delay deay in getting this project project project pro pro- underway has been encountered encounter encounter- ed because of difference of opinion ion Im Ion lie IIA to tn whet rout rout- route should mould be bt lIel- lIel sel acted Washington county worked for th the routing of the highway byway byway by byway way of Crestline and to Enterprise while other Interests have maintained maintained maintained main main- that the road should go by bj byway way of Modena and then to Newcastle New New- New New-I I castle However the major objective objective objective tive has haa been to get ret a connecting link between the two major highways high high- highway ways way 61 91 and 03 n and thus thue tap the reservoir of tourist travel In northern northern north north- ern California areas by develop- develop ng a direct route to the National Park area rea of Southern Utah and andl l also so to facilitate commercial ac activity activity activity ac- ac between the livestock and mining sections of Nevada and Ceder Cedar Cedar Ce Ce- dar der City The Th Utah It state ate road commission first decided to ask to have the Enterprise road designated designated design design- as II a federal aid project and ando to o have the Uvada-Modena-New- Uvada astle road rod as a secondary or farm to market highway The federal roads c commission commission- however would not approve this proposal because t entailed the construction of par- par lIe highways In a single territory and the state of Nevada objected o constructing two roads from I r Panaca to the state line where one would meet the requirements of a connecting link The Neveda state engineer finally finally fin fin- ally aUy announced that his state would meet Utah at only one point and that at a point near Uvada This made the Enterprise route impracticable impracticable and the northern route has b been en se selected ted Washington county vigorously op opposed op- op posed this proposal at first but has apparently accepted this route as satisfactory It is understood that Newell R. R Frel Frei chairman 0 ol of the Washington county commission notified the state commission that hs his county has withdrawn its ob ob ob- Two years ago the state commission commission com com- mission set up for Improvement improvement improvement improve improve- ment of the Modena Cedar-Modena road but this Is secondary or farm to market funds and the roa road ji I now to be Included in the federal aid sj S1 system stem the money must be withdrawn It is also understood that this money will be diverted to the Snow canyon road which is a se secondary secondary lIe se- condal condary highway There is now under construction i r project in Snow canyon which together with the to ito be diverted to that road will do much toward developing this connection connection con con- between St St. George and the then n proposed federal aid highwaY highway high high- way Since the Snow canyon road leadIng lead lead- Ing ng from St. St George to the new highway at a point North of Enterprise Enterprise Enterprise En En- will pass through Enterprise Enter Enter- prise Ise that community will finally be provided with much needed highway connections with Cedar City and with its county seat at St. St George While a solution to the controversy controversy controversy contro contro- versy has been found and th the route rout definitely selected immediate construction cannot be expected the highway must first be added to the federal aid system then set up in the construction program |