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Show Cedar City Chamber Hopes for Canyon Road Action The Cedar City Chamber of Commerce hopes to convince Congressman Douglas R. String-fellow String-fellow that immediate action should be taken to oil surface the Cedar Canyon road leading from highway 91 at Cedar City to highway 89, when the Congressman Con-gressman is taken on a tour of the road tomorrow morning. The canyon road is one of the most Important park approach highways in southern Utah, and s badly in neel of surfacing. Year after year government officials of-ficials promise that the highway will be brought up to standard, but very little Is ever done about it. A good graveled highway has been developed over most of the distance, but it is going to pieces because it has not been surfaced. Heavy travel on the highway also al-so creates a serious tiaffic hazard vith clouds of dust hovering over the winding mountain highway. As many as 1000 cars a day have been counted tiaveling the highway, particularly on the Cedar Ce-dar City side of the mountain, which in the opinion of Chamber officials should justify the needed need-ed improvements. Indications arc that funds for most of the surfacing sur-facing have been authorized but still no action is taken. |