Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1922-03-31 | Page 11 | $114,600 for Forest Roads

$114,600 FOR FOREST ROADS Utah Projects to Be Begun Immediately As Relief of Unemployment Approximately $1 14,600 will bej peQt on forft roads In 1'tah by thet 1'nlted States hureau of public road:i, during the present year, according to n announcsment nmde today by B .1 Pinch, district engineer with bead-, iiuurters In gdon Pluns for Lhi expenditure ex-penditure of thly amount on various foreM roads In the state have boon ac-l cepted by the state of Utah and work' will .start In the immediate future.) This work will bo performed under I the supervision of the federal author-; itles, tho funds being supplied by th-i fideral government. More than $13,-OOu $13,-OOu for urvos has also l.en :i'i-protod. :i'i-protod. Mr. I"inch stated today. An additional $.100,000 will l" appropriated ap-propriated In the immediate futuro for surveys and construction work on roads In the southern part oi the stuti which will open tho various scenlc canyons to travel, Mr. Finch states T CONNECT t NVUNS This work will be completed within thi nrxt two years and will not only IncrOflypG tho tourist travel to the southern part of the state, but will also connect all of the canyons with first class hlghwas. L'nder this arrangement four miles of road and surveys will be COmpleti-l l in Brycc canyon On the Pan- gultch-Troplc road, eight miles of con-1 struction is planned, together with sut -1 eys. Five miles will be completed on the Clrjplevlllfl road, eight miles will be constructed under this bysl-m on the Ccdar-Iong Valley project In addition ad-dition tn a 20 mile starves IK Mil 1. SI K I District Engineer Finch staled today to-day that In all probability ft sur o would be made on the Sevler-Sum mil road. This survey will coyer 1 $ llllles Mr. Finch also said thai tho allot-menti allot-menti ior forest roads in Wyoming, Idaho and Nevada are belnR compiled and will be reudy for announcement within the next few days. L'nder fed-"ral fed-"ral regulations all forest road allotments allot-ments must be settled at a conference between state officials, government officials of-ficials and of the forest departmnt. With the allotment made for the forest roads of Utah It l expected t)u,t this win Immediately relieve unemployment unem-ployment in the state