| Show Davis Installs Stop Signs Davis had a difficult decisIon to make concerning a safety device at the UnIon Pacific railroad crossing and Glovers Lane In the southern southern south south- ern end ot of the county near Cen- Cen terville IT WAS DETERMINED that the cost ot of a blinking light at atthe atthe the crossIng would be approximately approximately and the cost ot of Installing cross arms there would run about plus maintenance Neither ot of these safety devices devices de- de vices have stopped Inattentive motorists from crossing tracks with a traIn coming records of the utah Public ServIce Commission CommissIon Com Com- missIon show Donald Hacking of the Commission says records records rec- rec verify that more accidents have happened at crossings with lights than without and that railroad railroad rail rail- road cross arms have been broken by cars atte attempting to squeeze past at the last second AN OVERPASS costs between and which is clearly beyond the county's I budget The county Is responsible ble for tor a safety device there because it Is a county owned and maintained road The Utah Highway Department Department Depart Depart- ment plans an overpass In the area later as part ot of the Interstate Interstate Inter Inter- state Highway 15 system when the portion and Layton Is built E E. E PAUL Gilgen Secondary Roads Engineer with the utah Highway Department who met With the county commissIoners told them that construction on this section of the l highway Is scheduled to begin In the sprIng ot of 1968 It Is expected to be complete by 1970 Inspection ot of the crossing indicates indicates in- in that If cross arms were placed there they could create a I hazard when more than two cars were In line at the stop sIgn before entering Highway 91 or orif orif I if a truck and trailer were stopped there The distance from railroad crossing to highway highway high high- way Is about 60 feet teet REUB REUBEN EN DIETZ ot of the Utah Fish and Game Department Was present at the county commissIon commission commis- commis sIon meeting earlier this week when It met to decide what to I do Mr Dietz represented the department in the Interest of the tourIsts and duck hunters who make regular use ot of Glovers Glover's Lane and also represented the residents who live on the lane Some 12 families or about 66 people reside there Mr DIetz poInted out that the road Is well used On opening day of the duck season 1225 cars were counted entering the BIrd Refuge During the tourist season season sea sea- son March to May dally daily tours ot of the area are scheduled GLEN W. W Flint chairman of the commIssion suggested that thata a solution to the problem at the hazardous crossIng could be a ai astop i stop sign which would make motorists mo- mo more aware of the dan dan- ger Mr Gilgen concurred wi with th the Idea citing an Instance in the north end of Davis County where this had been done and has proven en lie suggested that red and f He ga e-ga e p mission as as a a representative off the highway department for the county to Install the sIgns on the Departments Department's right ot of way The problem ot of safety Is still i left to the driver An eyewitness wit eye ness to the last accIdent on Glovers Glover's Lane where two duck hunters were killed has said that the train didn't hit the car the car hit the train The witness witness wit wit- ness Was stopped on the west westside westside side ot of the crossing and saw the fatal car zoom from the center of the highway straIght across the road onto the tracks The train was coming from the south WHILE TIlE THE county engIneers were still at the site on Wednesday Wednesday Wed Wed- this week after having just installed safety signs a motorist drove past the STOP AHEAD and the STOP sign itself It- It self and across the tracks Without without With With- out pausing The STOP AHEAD sIgn Is placed feet from the tracks on the west side of Glovers Glover's Lane There Is no room on the I east side for one Both stop signs are placed 20 feet from the tracks on each side AT MONDAYS MONDAY'S commission meeting where It was decided to Install the signs three representatives representatives of the Union Pacific railroad were present They were R. R E E. E IrIon C C. C R R. R Rockwell Rockwell Rock Rock- well and R R. R G. G Duke Others attending the meeting were Guy W W. W Brinkerhoff ot of the Public Service CommissIon and Keith E. E legal counsel counsel coun- coun sel for the commission Rodney Sutton Davis County PlannIng Director was also present lk |
