Show HIGHWAY 30 NEEDS improvement following is a letter cettei we have written gov J bracken lee urging that imi immediate mediate steps be taken on improving highway 30 if others would write and express their views it might bring about improvement pro of this thoro thorofare fare through our county the letter on your radio eradio program utah reports a few weeks ago one of the questions I 1 asked was what are plans for the immediate future with respect to improvement of highway 30 through morgan county tyl at that time you referred to a statement of the state road commission which showed approximately being spent on highway 30 and on morgan county roads according to the report only about is being spent in morgan county and that on brid bridges brides es at richville and croydon these projects are not on oil highway 30 the greater portion of these funds is being expended at emory in summit county As I 1 pointed out in our conversation there has been no major improver improvement nent on highway 30 through our county in 25 years travel over this highway is increasing year by year particularly with respect to huge transport trucks and buses I 1 am informed by a businessman in weber canyon that he has made numerous counts of vehicles passing his pla place ce 0 of f business and that bus and truck traffic comar comprises isis 75 percent of the traffic these types of vehicles need sturdy highway construction more adequate than highway 30 offers at the present time with the result that highways in this area are constantly in poor shape and a hazard to traffic of all kinds 1 T I go along with you on oil your statement that highway funds should be spent where there is the greatest need and I 1 feel that this heavily traveled thorofare thoro fare through morgan county fits into this pattern only last week damage estimated at over a million dollars resulted when a huge gasoline tanker was unable to negotiate a sharp curve in the canyon and overturned on oil the railroad tracks the subsequent i nt explosion and fire burned a complete train carrying mail and express this is not an isolated case as truck and passenger car accidents on this highway are becoming more and more common y though property damage has not reached such proportions as last weeks accident 1 I think you you will agree on the basis of your own statement that immediate steps should be taken to improve this important transcontinental trans continental highway through relocation and widening to meet the needs of ever increasing traffic most sincerely yours albert W epperson |