Show Floods Are Ruining j Antelope Island Road Flood waters entering the Great Salt Lake and the adjoining adjoining adjoining ad ad- joining fresh water areas have raised the level of the lake 15 inches since last Dec UNLESS immediate action is taken serious damage could be done to the road roadbed roadbed roadbed bed to Antelope Island State Road author authorities ties realizing this I have been hauling road materials materials ma ma- I to avoid U this s possibility I With the prospect of an even evenI J I greater run off of flood waters i this spring it could develop I into a serious problem I District State Engineer W. W i 1 I Earl said that Monday Monday Mon Mon- I I day Feb 24 his office was wasI I notified ed that water was running running running run run- ning over the Antelope Island Road and that erosion was taking place By the time a I II road crew arrived the wind I and snow storm had increased I to such an intensity that little could be done but move the trucks and equipment of off the island and wait for the I storm to subside I I IT IS estimated that damage damage dam dam- age to the road bed will call I II for yards of road ma ma- to fill in the break j jA A survey will have to be I IA made according to Mr r Mick Mick- elson to see if it will be fe feasible sible to try to move road equipment back on to the island side Trucks hauling road fill from the island side have a much shorter haul I than from the mountains on the east side of Davis Coun Coun- i ty The Antelope Island road development was originally i started a number of years I Iago ago by Davis County Now I however Commissioner Glen I Flint said that all responsibility responsibility has been taken over overby overby overby I by the State and Davis County County County Coun Coun- ty has relinquished all responsibility responsibility responsibility re re- I to the State Road I Commission The liThe County has hasso hasso hasso so much money into this road in its early development that I it would be a shame to see this road fall apart Commissioner Commissioner Com Com- I missioner Flint said SO THE Davis County Commission Commission Commission Com Com- mission has agreed to help I provide men and equipment to help the State repair the area of the road bed that thatis is damaged The liThe State Road funds are are so closely allocated that when an emergency arises funds are hard to come by Commissioner Flint said The State it is reported proposes to raise the roadbed roadbed road roadbed bed two feet leet in places where they deem it necessary It may have to be raised even higher to be safe from future future future fu fu- fu- fu ture erosion Estimates have hav been made that has already been spent and it il cost an additional to bring the project up to meet the anticipated traffic to the island in the future THE TIlE STATE Road Department Department Department Depart Depart- ment asked the Davis County County County Coun Coun- ty Commissioners if it would be possible to allocate the County's secondary road funds for the next two years to help complete the road Commissioner Flint said that this could not be done as the next two years' years secondary road funds of along with help from Kaysville and Layton will be used to build the Fairfield Road project The Fairfield project is a lane four road to be built from Kaysville to the South SouthGate SouthGate SouthGate Gate of Hill Air Force Base |