| Show Bennett Asks Speed h In flood Work Sen Wallace F Fr tt R Utah R-Utah Utah this week urged the Senate Appropriations Committee Com Com- to speed work on the theBarton theBarton Barton Darton Creek and Mill Creek flood lood control projects Jl in Davis is 0 County IN A LETTER LETIER to Sen Allen r 5 rr J Ellender D D La chairman chairman ti of the Subcommittee on Public Works Sen Bennett suggested that funds in the Ule budget for forthe forthe forthe the Little Lillie Dell Deli project in Parleys Parley's Par Par- Ics ley's C Canyon myon near Salt Lake CU City Cily be deleted and that part of the money thus saved be bo I transferred to flood control j studies in in Davis County pY- pY In ji Bennett at the request est o o of othe the Davis Darts County Commission Commis sion asked the army Corps of Engineers on Jan 5 to make an immediate study stud of flood hazards hazards haz haz- ards on Barton Creek and Mill l Creek This request was followed fol lol lowed by b a meeting on Feb 14 between Eugene Tolman chairman chairman chairman chair chair- man of or the county commission and officials of Sacramento Army Engineer District AS A it RESULT of or the preliminary preliminary preliminary prelim prelim- inary study the army concluded ed that funds lunds should be he sought to prepare a reconnaissance report report repot re re- re- re pot port t in the tho area ir a. a In his letter le er Sen Bennett said There has Jias been rapid growth in the Bountiful ul area during the past ten ten years which has greatly increased the potential potential po po- loss which would occur from an any future floods from rom the two creeks The population of Davis is County Count has inci increased eased from to during durin the thc thelast thelast last decade and the he population Of Bountiful has almost tripled increasing from 4 to The Utah Senator said Valuable Valuable Val Valuable industrial l property also is threatened by the t two w o streams including the Union Pacific c and Denver and Rio Grande Grandc Railroads major transmission transmission transmission trans trans- mission lines of oC Utah Power and Light Company and Mountain Mountain Moun Moun- tain Fuel Supply Company andU and US U.S. U So Highways 89 and 91 and Interstate Highway 15 In addition addition addition addi addi- tion there arc five major crude oil lines across across the area area |
