Show Spring Accelerates State Highway Building a With the advent of oC warm weather highway construction will twill resume in nearly all districts districts dis- dis of oC the state according to o John B. B chief Construction Con Con- engineer Utah Ulah State Stale Department of Highways DURING DUnING THE TIlE winter months construction work was underway in m the south accord accord- ing ng to Mr l During the past two Iwo quarters quarters the Department t toC of oC High High- ways has placed under contract contract con con- tract its greatest construction program in its history THE UTAH Slate State Department Department Department Depart Depart- ment of Highways presently has ms under contract miles of highway construction Mr 11 stated This amounts to o of construction work vork The largest project underway underway underway under under- way is work being done on Interstate In In- 15 from Crom South to South in Salt Sail Lake City Cily This work is under the direction lion tion of Harry HallY E. E WIlbert district dis dis- engineer and Edward D D. D Kennelly resident engineer Contractor is Gibbons and Reed Co Salt Sail Lake Cit City Cily THIS TIllS contract calls for the construction of or grades drainage drain drain- age go and d other facilities for 17 miles The contract amount is The work is approximately approximately approximately 70 per cent complete Another construction contract contract con- con tract by th the same contractor extends from 1st South to lo South and is virtually com com- This project extends 05 miles and will cost 27 million TIIA THAYNE Construction Salt Lake City has resumed reconstruction re re- construction of oC East State Stale Road 71 from South to lo connect conned with the Cottonwood Diagonal Weather permitting the he contractor will wUl commence surfacing this roadway during Juring the he first week of or May 1 A significant project was opened for lor bid Tuesday afternoon afternoon after after- noon April 30 according to lo Mr Jr This was a surfacing surfacing sur- sur facing acing contract for lor Interstate Highway 15 extending from 1st st South to lo North in Salt Lake City This is the first surfacing contract to be opened for Cor bid on the Interstate Interstate Inter Inter- state lale System in Salt Sail Lake County The apparent low bidder bidder bid bid- I Idel der del submItting was I the thc Gibbons and Reed Co Salt Lake City Cily RAPID progress is being made on the construction of oC the Interstate System on the thc Wasatch Front according to toMi Mr Mi By 1964 a section of highway from South in Salt Lake City to Pages Page's Lane north of Bountiful should be available to the motorist This will amount to approximately 23 miles of or s super per highway During the last three months of or 1962 nearly 13 million in new projects were started and andin andin andin in January February and March of oC 1963 new starts were made on 24 million in projects THE TIIE HIGHWAY Y Dep Department Depart Depart- a art art- r t- t ment will beg begin n work on projects projects projects totaling over o 25 million during April May 1 and June of oC 1963 Construction projects will be started in 13 counties during this period L During the fiscal period Jul July 1 I 1963 to lo June 30 1964 work is expected to lo begin on projects costing 70 million During the loll following owing year fiscal fiscal fiscal fis fis- cal 1965 construction work will amount to an expected 50 million |