Show Federal Funds For ForA Road Are Under Study A request for federal funds to help improve highway access access access ac ac- ac- ac cess to Hill lull Air Force Base will be referred for study to the Utah office of the Bureau of Public Roads Rep Sherman Sherm Sherm- an p P. P Lloyd R Utah R-Utah Utah said Tuesday TilE THE PROPOSAL involves construction of an underpass pass at South Street in Clearfield Clearfield Clearfield Clear- Clear field and relocation of some base facilities The Air Force Pentagon 0 office office of of- fice reported earlier to o Mr Lloyd Llod that it had received a request from the base commander commander com I mander for Defense Department Department Depart Depart- ment road access funds Depart I TIlE THE AIR Force said it was forwarding the request to the Bureau of Public PuNic Roads to determine determine de termine eligibility Mr Lloyd was later told bythe by by- the that it would refer the request back to Utah for fori i I Continued on page three ce Road bad 5 Continued from page one a study by its division office A spokesman n said that in most cases where military Installations produce an increase increase increase in in- crease in l highway use by passenger passenger pas pas- cars road Improvements improvements improve improve- ments are arc financed under the normal federal aid highway I program because the cars contribute con con- on- on tribute to lo gasoline I tax lax reve flues But when a facility causes increases in go government government ent vehicle vehicle ve ve- hicle use with no ain in gas tax lax revenues then Ihen an improvement improvement improvement im im- provement is often made with special Defense Department funds THE TilE PR Mr Lloyd that the Hill Air Force Base study would evaluate the na na- lure hire of the problem the impact impact impact im im- im- im pact of the base on adjacent traffic and determine the necessary necessary necessary essary solution Mr Lloyd said he had told the that th lh had been studied by local state and military officials and that all agreed the Hill traffic snarl required prompt action |