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Show Sidewalk funds aid The Utah Transporation Commission this week programmed $33,060 to construct pedestrain safety facilities at nine locations in Iron, Beaver and Washington Counties. General guidelines for distributing $1.5 million is Safe Sidewalk Funds were developed using a formula which included the number of pedestrian accidents, the general population and the number of school children in each county. In most areas of the state response by local officials resulted in many more requests than could be funded, the UDOT said, although in Iron County the local engineers office made the application for funds on behalf of the county commissioners com-missioners who , had - hestiated to make an ap-' plication. Local funding will go to sidewalk presently potentially poten-tially dangerous areas along Holyoak Lane and Main Street in Parowan. |