Show t IMPROVEMENT OF MIRROR LAKE ROAD ROAD- ROAD S SEEN EN I Wild Wilderness em eee are areas a e containing a some Ome of the most beautiful mountain moun moun- tain scenery in 1 the world may maT be opened for tourist travel In both Morgan and Summit Counties In Inthe Inthe the too not-too-distant future County officials of the two counties are seriously considering consider t ing pressing for Federal funds soon to be made mad available under undera a new master plan through which half balf a billion dollars would be available for scenic roads I and development of parkways It Iti i would Involve about miles of highways High on the list must be the opening of Hardscrabble Canyon r In in Morgan County to meet the Farmington Highway road on the i Wasatch Summit and enlargement enlargement enlarge- enlarge ment merit and beautification of the Kamas Camas to Mirror Lake area In Summit county Roads The scenic roads and parkways study was prompted by a request from Johnsons Johnson's Recreation tion Advisory that all states compile a a list of ro roads da or areas that hat plight Blight 1 bt qualify for a scenic roads roada system A total of 1600 1000 miles mlles of the nearly mile project are on county roads road The r remaining mileage mileage mile mile- age is on forest highways national nation nation- al at parks and Bureau of Land Management Management Man Man- highway systems Landscaping and Installation of roadside rest and find picnic facilities are considered along with the cost of developing the routes J. J Edward Rdward Johnston deputy director State Department of Highways planning Division said the Utah study represents the thinking of the Utah Fish and Game Department Park and Recreation Recreation Re Re- creation Committee Tourist and Publicity Department Great Salt Lake Authority National P Park rk Service forest Service Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Land Management Th The Utah State Association of Counties and aDd Utah State Municipal Municipal pal League also participated In compiling the estimates Each agency was Invited to tomake make taake proposals of routes that I I master would qualify for the plan The plan as It Is la conceived does not modifications modi modi- First Step It should be emphasized that there Is absolutely ho money now tied to this Idea of a wide nation scenic roads program Mr Johnston Johnston John John- ston said laid This Is ia Just the first step In the possible development of such a program He pointed put ut the priorities I listed listed d deal l only with scenic qualities quail quail- ties and and nd have nothing to do with J ultimate Improvements In fact tact some of the highest priority sections sec sea need no improvement Estimates were made of traffic 1 flows for 1965 1975 and 1990 Es Estimates Estimates Esti Esti- l. l mates of cost forim- forim for Improvement Improvement Im Im- provement of these roads roada for the projected years Although there Is no Indication of the ultimate use of the Master plan it conceivably could become be e. e come a part of a national system of scenic roads road and and parkways eligible for some federal federa financing p program gram |