Show Pavement Heats Up UpOn On Davis Boulevard City council chambers of Bountiful were crammed Wednesday Wed evening SO WAS the entry to the chambers A large group of persons Jammed the doorway straining to hear proceedings inside Subject was Davis Boule Boule- vard yard MOST OF those present were against it at least feast as it seemed destined to be constructed con con- Richard Rowland spokesman spokes spokes- man for the group roup said the Davis Boulevard is close to Orchard Orchard Orchard Or- Or chard Drive and amI the anticipated ed Wasatch Drive which will wUl follow the old Lake Bonneville level most of the way into Salt Lake take City TilE THE PROPOSED continuation continua continua- continuation tion of Davis Boulevard would be too costly for the value de de- de rived It is also impractical since the plan is over ten years old And it is too dangerous with the hundreds of new residences residences residences resi resi- dences built on or near t the he street Money planned for Davis Boulevard should be saved an ana used to help build the more practical Wasatch Wasat Drive Mr Rowland said MAYOR MATT MATI A. A Galt Gait said the sta state te will not even discuss Wasatch Drive until 1980 If the money is not used now on Davis B Boulevard it will be used elsewhere in Utah but not on Wasatch Drive he said Our petition signed by about 1000 persons would not deny Davis Boulevard as a residential residential street Mr Rowland con con- However the west east streets would have the right of or way And frequent stop signs would control speed on the boulevard WE WANT the city not the state to to control speeds and use of the street Mayor Galt Gait said the state would be happy to let the city have any state highway running through Bountiful Boun Boun- Residents of the street would not object to present width 42 feet of surface providing the speed can be kept down Mr Rowland said They do o not want the crossing completed at Mill Creek Creele canyon though he said THIS nilS IS not even planned for forsom som some some- sometime time the mayor answered an an- No money is isnow now budgeted budgeted budgeted eted nine is planned for next year It probably would not come until 1967 or 1968 he be said Councilman Morris gave some background on the tr e 1 1 SU N AFTER h R severa several of us were elected we met with the state road commission about Wasatch Drive The state did not even even know what it It was he be said It takes years years' years years' to get these things things' through gh the red tape But now at t the instigation instigation tion of ot Mayor Galt Gait Wasatch Drive Is to receive future discussion dis dis- dis But Davis Boulevard has been on the master road plan for 12 years Sometimes plans change and one council cannot bind a future council Before this decision is finally made some of you may be sitting on this council and help make it it he said WHAT IS SO tragic about a road beginning at South and continuing south with stop signs to control traffic he asked The matter of Mill Creek crossing was still not settled MAYOR GALT said the city has already signed a contract with the state to participate in ina ina a crossing over Holbrook can can- yon This looks like the city in intended intended in in- tended to be committed on Mill Creek also I really believe you are fearful fearful fear fear- ful of something that w will l not happen Councilman Swa p p said AFTER MUCH discussion the council voted that the street would be residential with stop signs to control traffic i that the city would have control of the street and that the name should be changed from misleading misleading mis mis- leading boulevard to something indicating its nature as less than a throughway The council council coun cil will also study further the necessity of Mill Creek crossing cros cros- crossing sing as liS well as other matters mailers pertaining to the street |