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Show FUTURE OF A COMMUNITY As a result of protests filed by residents of the West Side of town against routing the Inter-state Highway through Cedar City at 1200-1300 West Streets, it seems very possible that the highway may be routed west of the stock yards. If this is done the highway will completely by-pass Cedar City, passing beyond the west hills, and placing the interchanges distances of five or six miles to the south and north. Because of the hills lying immediately west of the city, it necessitates taking the highway beyond them or else routing it through the city east of the range. Going beyond the stock yards would completely Isolate Iso-late Cedar City, and put the highway farther from Cedar City than any other town in the southern part of the state, v hich may have the effect of travelers not including this city in their traveling plans at all. It was also noted that Cedar City presented the only protest against the route proposed, except that in most of the cities in which hearings were held, attempts were made to bring the highway closer to the city than was proposed. Here every individual who opposed the proposed route maintained that the route should definitely miss the city entirely. What effect routing the highway away from the city would have on travel into the city is problematical. However, How-ever, by-passing the city so completely may be rather disastrous. di-sastrous. Location of the inter-changes may have the greatest effect, especially from the south since it would be necessary to locate this beyond Hamilton's Fort. No decision has been reached by the State Road Commission Com-mission or the Bureau of Public Roads, but this decision is expected in the near future. |