Show ARIZONA TO IMPROVE ROAD THE NEW COLORADO BRIDGE an extensive program of improvement will be made in roads leading to the now colorado river bridge it was announced tuesday the tha program was outlined at a conference at the bridge site between utah and arizona state officials and will mill be carried into effect as rapidly as funds can be found available it calls tor for spending about during the next fiscal year beginning july 1 in surveying and laying out a route from flagstaff to the utah state line south of kanab in addition to this the arizona authorities plan to put nearly into construction st of the worst stretches ot of road from cameron on the south side of the river to the bridge itself with two items the arizona highway budget in this section will bo be fully subscribed but tho the arizona road department has pledged that it will put some money into construction of 0 the tha worst stretches stretches on the road north norih ot of thel the river in the near future two possible routes have been outline tor for the road ono one joining the grand canyon road in the kalbac forest at jacobs lake and the other skirting the rim of the kaibab plateau on the edge ot of the tha valley arizona authorities have been definitely committed to improving the entire road within a period of 0 three years time tho the worst stretches gilve will be improved arst first to get the traffic over the sand dunes and through the fhe washes in utah the zion mt bit carmel loop nd the bryce grand canyon roads will be practically completed to federal aid standards long before this three year period the tha zida road will open to traffic later this year and with the exception ot of a stretch from 31 2 gravel springs junction to kanab the utah highway to Is already improved 4 to a high standard |