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Show Dixie Forest awards new road contract close the road to traffic between be-tween the hours of 8:00 a.m., and 12:00 noon, Monday through Friday, and between 2:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m., Monday Mon-day through Thursday. The road will be open to traff w I with no more than a 30 mi. I uto delay during Friday after-noons, after-noons, weekends, and holidays. holi-days. A sign near the junction of the North Creek road and the Main Canyon road off Highway 54 will inform trav-l trav-l elers whether or not the road I is open. More specific information inform-ation on this road project can be obtained at the District Forest Ranger's Office in Es-ealante, Es-ealante, Utah. Dixie National Forest Supervisor Super-visor Aivin Wright announced the awarding by the the U.S. Forest Service of the North Creek Road contract to Miya. Brothers Construction Company, Com-pany, Ogden, who submitted a low bid of $27-1,0-10.92. The project is located 5 miles west of Escalante, Utah, and involves reconstruction of 4.5 miles of the existing North Creek road. Reconstruction will begin at the National Forest boundary in the North Creek drainage and extend to Whites Flat. Construction should begin within the next two weeks. The purpose of the road re- construction is to improve road access to the available matured timber and recreation recrea-tion areas in the North Creek drainage. Reconstruction work will widen the existing road and straighten out many of the sharp curves. The new road realignment will provide Improved visibility and safe: i driving conditions for the traveling tra-veling public. The contractor may elect to |