| Show qa limited traffic moves thru devils gate as highway crews rush rebuilding job 0 0 devils gate closed by flood wa on may 3 was as opened to limited traffic tuesday when workers at government installations and lit at other points in the lower alleys were vere allowed to drive their ws cars to work it will be two weeks however horev er before transcontinental traffic is allowed to drive through the canyon officials on the alie road project said tuesday an entire neRV of highway constructed at is now being where hood waters com the point plemely washed the mountain highway the new thorofare thoro fare a an aa A ay when completed will be much wider and less hazardous with many of the huge out droppings of rock being blasted to make way for the wider road N ask understanding understanding is asked by high a way officials at this time in limiti tag ing traffic with blasting opera ions huge quantities ot large rock on the road it is imps tible to clear it away to allow normal traffic to progress through the canyon it therefore is necessary to allow only limited es travel or the job cannot be rushed to completion for those from morgan county desiring to drive their cars through the canyon it is advised that they try to reach the gate at the time the government workers go thru between 6 and 7 am or at 10 am a m when milk trucks drive to ogden milk trucks return between 2 and 3 pm and workers return from the lower valleys between 5 and 6 pm milk goes through so go that there Is no delay in taking milk from morgan to the ogden creameries crea meries trucks have been allowed to make daily deliveries for tho the past ten days other emergency travel has also been granted the right to make the canyon instead ot of the long parleys canyon route no work will be done in devils gate on memorial day and unrestricted strict ed travel will be allowed on friday D H chairman of the state road commission was in morgan county last friday and made a survey of flood damage in company with james T palmer ol of the morgan county commission and a representative of the morgan county news praised citizens in vl viewing eIng flood control work of the past few weeks mr air praised local citizens for their efforts ile he also stated that in view of the countes coun tys urgent need tor for assistance in repairing highways and replacing bridges every effort would be made to secure favorable action on the morgan county commissions request tor for funds termed as vital following last fridays survey of highway needs in the county were cleaning the channel and diverting the stream to its former course at lost creek replacing the large milton bridge across the weber river and completion of the bridge across canyon creek southwest of morgan city mr was surprised at the delay in completing the latter structure as he recalled that the contract was let in august of 1951 |
