| Show surfacing ing of highway 89 through kaibab forest to begin may first road to the grand can yon ot of the colorado U 9 high way vay 89 80 is soon to be imp improved roved according to word kee receiver elver from officers of the international elgh ray association lu in phoenix the highway association which Is 9 tho the development of the he entire north south rood road ro re ports orta that officials of 0 tho the U B S lureau bureau of public roads predict of surfacing on the for t SL service road from jocab lake south louth to kalbak national tat tonal forest to 0 the north rim of tho the grand canon canyon yon eai engineers cheers estimate not more than ban two months will bo be requited required to 0 finish aws tile job fob work Is shed sched lied to start shirt may the first Highway Improvements will pil bring the ho vacation area of zion park draco canyon and cedar breaks lix in southern utah and the grand cani you on in arizona closer together two weeks ago arizona state lilg ilg liway hway engineer howard 8 reed rec d arted that contracts have been et ct by ills hla department calling for surface construction on oil U B S 89 80 join rom the east cast boundary of the kalab iab to cameron Oa meron work Is to be completed by midsummer mid summer feder il at contracts under tile the bureau of bublic roads havo have been let for the distance ll stanco between jacob lake and the lie point poin t whore where state crews are working P H R relin helm executive vice alce pres prea ident dent of the highway organization predicted completion of the surface wor work k now under construction would increase the tourist traffic bringing increased prosperity to the residents of both states I 1 newspapers News in utah and arizona hay have been devoting a considerable amount of space to news of the lilg hway project according to mr russell A meeting was held in flagstaff arizona recently to consider means of securing congressional aid tor for this project directors and officials of the organization who live in III the north attended mr helm presented information con ceril coining ilig the other routes of north fifty fafty per cent in the coming coining season mr helm pointed out that herRo heretofore fore tourist traffic has been divided by road conditions dit ions lie ile said visitors to the grand canyon oil oh the south rim were usually traveling in an cast wed pat direction utah resorts open to motorists on U S highway 91 were not readily accessible ro in tho the south for the samo same rea rca a largo percentage of utah visitors were forced to leave the ar ild canyon out of their ittner ary W it J russell organization dl di for tho the highway reports rei re wiring word from utah of tre adous Int interest orest la in the arizona vacation area officers of the A associated S socia ted civic clubs of southern utah 1 winch which Is actively supporting t 1 highway 1 association osao clatton predict a trew increase lif in travel with alil 1 completion of the road from north they say commercial activity will bo be stimulated sou youth ili highways now being adv navo eatie cat pd designation Dos Ignatiou and construe lion of an alternate route now would bould leave utah and arizona ai sona completely out of the picture atz mr bielin said nl lit proponents of a superhighway super highway system have hae outlined two north golith routes in the west ivest el BI paso texas and san diego california aro named southern terminals in I 1 the proposal osal our plan mr helm said has haa tho th advantage of a direct route th ugh the greatest scenic area la in tile the united states thip lio highway spon sponsored hy by the arizona association from nogales Nogal cs arizona to Edin edmonton onton alberta follows nn direct north nort couth houth line it passes through important cefi centers of population in arizona adzona utah idaho and montana and con jveta ten national parI cs |
