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Show j Senates Okehs Completion of I U.S. Highway Mo. 6 From Vest of Hinckley to Nevada Line 1 Senator Arthur V. Watkins (R) Utah, Immediate release- Washington- Special Legislation which will permit Utah to complete construction on 47 miles of U. S. Highway Six in west-central west-central Utah as initiated by Senator Watkins (R-Utah) was approved ap-proved Tuesday by the Senate. The legislation was approved during dur-ing Senate consideration for the Federal Highway Bill for 1951. Senator Watkins, ranking minority member on the Senate Sub Committee on Roads of the Public Works Committee, amended amend-ed the bill in committee to authorize the construction program. This was approved on the floor of the Senate Tuesday. Senator Watkins and Senator McCarran sponsored a second amendment , on the floor of the Senate providing for contract authority of $2,-500,000 $2,-500,000 so that immediate construction work could be undertaken. under-taken. This was agreed to also. The bill already approved by the House now goes to a House-Senate conference committee where the disagreement between the measures passed by the two houses will be ironed out. "I have the utmost confidence that the House committee members and the House will accede to the Senate amendments which will make possible the completion of Highway Six" Sen. Watkins said. "Completion of this road has been sought for a great many years and I am more than happy that I was able to play a part in making the project possible," he said. "Utah now will have an additional highway completed to primary' highway standards. To the west coast as well as to the eastern part of the United States." Telegram from James O. McKinney, Executive Secretary |
