Show Bennett Sennett Seeks More Roads For Utah Areas Sen Wallace F F. F Bennett R- R utah recently asked the Recreation Recreation Rec- Rec Advisory Council to include include in- in clude a number or of Central and Southern Utah roads in a Corn Com merce Department report o on Scenic Roads and Parkways WE VE MUST l open up access roads to vast recreation areas such as Lake Powell and the scenery in Central Utah he said The report which is now being compiled by the Commerce Commerce Com Com- merce Department the Agriculture Agriculture Agri- Agri culture Department and the Interior Interior In- In Department through the Recreation Advisory Council will offer suggested means to develop scenic roads throughout through through- out the country OIl I AM Al WRITING to urge you to include the roads which are in bills that I have Introduced in this Congress and which would open up vast areas of central central cen- cen and southern utah to the tourist and business trade S Sen n. n Bennett said in a letter to Agriculture Secretary Orvllle Orville L L. L Freeman who Is a member or of the Advisory Council The Senator explained that his proposals would create a I Skyline Drive Recreation Way from ThIstle south through Central utah's LaSal Manti-LaSal National National Na- Na Forest generally along the route of what is now Skyline Drive It would connect with and follow substantially the course of Forest Highway hway 31 in Fishlake Fishlake Fish Fish- lake National Forest HIS OTHER proposal would link the national parks monuments monuments ments and recreation areas or of southern utah northern Arizona Arizona Ari- Ari zona northwestern New Mexico and southwestern Colorado We Ve are just now beginning to reap the recreational benefits from perhaps one of the country country's coun- coun try try's most fantastic new recreation recreation Lake areas yet Powell access to this vast body of water is limited generally to pack trips or with wheeled tour vehicles vehicles ve- ve over rough dirt and unimproved unimproved un- un improved roads Sen Bennett said 0 ON THE OTHER hand the government is spending lions or of dollars on nine recreation recreation tion areas in Arizona and Utah yet many of them can be reached easily only b by boat I The Utahn declared that al there is an 1800 mile e I shoreline at Lake Po ell po rell and that the recreational potential or of the lake formed behind Glen Canyon has national ranee cance it Is a shame that more access roads are not available I j SEN BENNETT DENNETT saId pJ lans I through 1 1974 74 call for an ex l of millIon at Glen Canyon Included are boa docks launching ramps picnic areas sWimming beaches i- i camping facilities es and eating I and lodging accommodations I It j i is my hope that the Advisory I Council moves move s quickly to In elude clude roads so that people cas I get to these huge deve lop j I ments l |