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Show I Lunt Park Study Indicates Need For Such Facilities Throughout State Lunt Park, a roadside park located lo-cated 31 miles north of Cedar City Ci-ty on U. S. Highway 91, is one of three similar parks that have been tested over the past year to determine a need for such facilities on an overall basis throughout the state. Two other parks where research re-search data was gathered are located lo-cated at Silver Creek Park at the junction of U. S. 40 and U. S. 189 approaching Salt Lake City, and Kane Springs Park on US-1C0 15 miles south of Moab. Now Roadside Parks, these facilities fa-cilities were at one time called a "camp ground." They served as a place to stop and rest along the road to somewhere and the results of Information compiled Indicates the need Is apparently still present. The concensus of opinion of all motorists Interviewed, was that the State of Utah should be commended on the excellence of these three major roadside parks, but more are needed. Utah State Department of Highways High-ways for the eventual construction construc-tion of 33 rest areas, six view areas, and four 'emergency stop areas. These are to be statcgical-ly statcgical-ly located along the Interstate Highway System. j The need for these facilities results from the research study of the three existing roadside parks made by B. Dale Burning-: ham, research engineer. At the Silver Creek Park it was found that 59S people had used the facilities from 6 a. m. to 8 p. m. during a two day period per-iod in August, 1962. This was a lot of people but only 1.4 per cent of the passing traffic of which 47 per cent were out of state cars. It Is also note-worthy that 24 per cent of those stopping stayed over-night and the present facilities for eating and rest rooms, were not adequate ade-quate for the peak tourist season, j |