| Show K Washington ashington W Scene Federal Ro Rood d Funds to Hit Million For Utah Federal highway l funds for lor the fiscal year ear ending June 30 1966 amounting to about million are expected to tobe tobe be apportioned to Utah th this s summer Sen Wallace F F. F Bennett Ben nett Utah ft-Utah announced Sat Till SENATOR said federal state projects author zed in for lor the pat five years h. e totalled Of f tal federal participation par par- has been Sen Bennett reported Utah's designated mileage of Inter Inter- is' is miles At Atthe Atthe the last t tabulation a total 1047 miles had been opened to traffic 1101 miles were under under un- un der construction and engineering engi engi- veering work or right right acquisition was progressing on miles Location studies and pUblic hearings have been undertaken on a portion of the remaining miles PLANS for lor the Interstate i system provide for lor its completion com com- I in aU all states by Sept 30 1972 The Utah Interstate Highway High High- way schedule covers I 15 I 80 ISON I I 1215 and I 1415 State pl ns call caU for lor design completion or of 80 from Wendover Wendover Wend over to Knolls KnoUs by July I The state stale ready to corn com I 15 t from St. St George south to the Utah Arizona line however a delay is td cd since Arizona is is' lacking state matching funds lunds for lor its continuation Another portion of 01 I been approved by bythe bythe the Utah Hi Highway hway Commission from the Beaver County line north to Fillmore SEN down the million total of the past five ye years rs' rs into Of that there were Interstate and prImary secondary and urban pro pro- grams The year five mileage total for all U fed federal ral aid ld highways s has has' been in Utah There also were bridges of them for Int Interstate Highways and 74 for lor the other routes SEN BENNETT said the federal aid highway Act of 1961 authorized a ate t e funds through ugh fiscal year 1971 for completion of the mile system m in inthe the nation Utah's share of the Interstate funds authorized for fiscal 1966 will be about mil lion The Bureau of P Pub u b 11 lie c Roads anticipates that Utah's share of the secondary road funds for fiscal 1966 will beabout be beabout about 9 9 million don making the million total The Senator said plans for fiscal year 1965 and beyond include completion of work now under underway way or in the plan ning stages plus pius additional necessary work that may be initiated by the Utah S Stat t a t e c Highway Department and n. n with apportioned fed aid eral aid eral-aid funds and s t tat a t e matching funds IN ADDITION to the led fed eral eral-ald eral ald funds for Interstate and primary secondary and urban programs funds lunds totaling total total- ing were apportioned to to Utah for the fiscal years 1961 through 1965 These funds lunds were made available in annu annual l apportion ments of for improvements im im- on the forest highway high high- way system which includes main highways within or adjacent ad jacent to nati national nal forests Sen Bennett said AS OF Dec 31 1963 utah had 18 million of apportioned apportioned forest highway funds available for obligation to additional ad ad- improvement eels During the year five period ended June 30 1963 forest highway construction projects costing 69 million and haying hay have ing combined length of 1395 project miles were completed th the Senator explained SEN BENNET said that as result of an amendment supported in 1960 Utah's highway highway high high- way total is is' is considerably high er than it otherwise would have been The amendment removed certain restrictions which San Sen Bennett said were discriminatory against certain states and its Passage resulted result result- ed in an increase of more than 50 per cent in the apportionment apportion apportion- ment formula for Interstate Highways in do utah In 1956 Congress passed an amendment introduced by Sen Bennett to the Highway Act increasing total mileage on the way system by 1000 miles HOWEVER VEVER in order to get the amendment pass passed d Congress Con Con- gress provided that these Increases in In- creases in Utah could not be funded until the original 40 40 miles of Interstate highway high high- way throughout the co country had been funded The 1960 amendment removed the restriction reo re- on funding Dy By Congressional I U of the 1000 mile increase authorized au au- I in Sen Bennetts Bennett's 1956 amendment was allocated to utah including t e II Highway 70 from Denver to Cove Fort Interstate 80 from Ogden to Echo Junction and belt routes in the Salt Lake City area SEN BENNETT also pointed point point- ed out that federal aid highway high high- way funds authorized by Con Con- gross are apportioned annually annual annual- ly among the states in accordance accordance accord accord- ance with formulas provided by law and are used to tin tin- prove the designated federal federal- aid highway systems The state highway departments inItiate in in- projects prepare plans award contracts and supervise construction subject to federal feder- feder al approval |
