Show County Ponders I W Safety Program if A A range long-range program is 1 being considered to increase safety safety safe- safe railway highway-railway crossing ty ty throughout the state and to to begin a pilot project in in Davis County by the State Highway THE DAVIS County Commissioners Commissioners Com- Com missioners are expected to toive give ive their approval in the ery very near future This surey survey survey sur- sur vey ey will be funded under the e United States Transportation tation tion Department through th he the National Highway Safety Safe- Safe ty Bureau and the Bureau of off f Public Roads The aim is to make the plan Ian and funds most effective live tive ive the intention is to apply apply ap- ap ply it in one area Davis County ity provided a location very ery acceptable with Davis County's desire to cooperate THIS IS A matter of local crossing Bossing in the study plan with ith city and county government government government govern govern- ment on a continuing basis In many cases it has been found that citizens have been very cooperative where crossI crossings cross cross- I logs ings have been extremely danI dangerous dangerous dan dan- removing foliage and I j obstructions on their prop erty which cut off the view on an a railroad crossing This I in J many cases has solved the problem r A comprehensive plan for forn j. j pow n w ow and the future is needed to cover all the dangerous II I are areas s over a longer period of time Il THIS TillS PLAN will allow Davis J. J Co County ty a look at P ri- ri I Doti es gotten up by qualified At authorities on railway highway-railway crossings and will in turn supply the same information to other state areas The aim of this entire program program program pro pro- gram is to have personnel with the know how to cooperate cooperate cooperate coop coop- erate with county engineers to make possible greater safety safety safety safe safe- ty for the public This could couldwell couldwell couldwell well develop with a study of where people are killed and mass traffic problems THE DAVIS County Planning Board over a number of years has made a study of these problems in their planning recommendations and consideration consideration consideration consid consid- has been given to many of these safety problems This information while only wide county-wide could well be good information for the study of the pilot plan in Davis Davis' County Any plan that may be adopted adopted adopted ted will take a number of years of work changes and interchanges consideration of increased future transportation needs and all the activities that go along with it |