Show Plans Go Ahead Representatives from the Utah State Department of Highways led by Blaine Road Commission appeared at the Clearfield City Council Tuesday night to discuss the new overpass to be built on North and to discuss the possibilities of closing the South railroad PRIOR to the overpass Kay announced the retirement from the Commission of Earl who has been the representative to this He also introduced Bert Taylor who will replace Mayor Gayle Starks welcomed the new commissioner and also thanked on behalf of the City past and for the help he has given the A REPORT was then given on the progress made on new Kay that needed money had now been appropriated and the federal government had given the state a conditional approval for a petition of waver on the environmental He said that this would save considerable time if this can be waved because it was a report which would have to be approved at the Washington level if it had to be THE PUBLIC hearing on the new overpass will be held February 2 at 2 p.m. The design for the overpass was then presented to the It was explained that this one had been selected by the City Council and the State officials from the original five designs which had been THIS design was chosen because it will necessitate as few changes in the existing conditions of the surrounding area as possible according to state It was reported that they wanted to keep the interruptions to a minimum concerning existing utilities and present THEY ALSO wanted a short structure which would keep the costs At first planners considered moving the roadway to one or the other but if it was shifted to the south it would out a and several and if it was shifted to the north it would take out not less than eight houses and up to For this reason they decided not to shift the ALSO considered was putting in an underpass and going under the tracks but several factors prevented this decision such as drain- age and possible The structure to be built is of the pedestal The bridge will be feet each side of the railroad for a total length of 1200 There will be very little earth fill and the fill will be contained In concrete walls it was IT WILL be six feet to 12 feet in the air set on The bridge will be 30 feet wide from curb to It was compared to the east end of the Street viaduct in Ogden and to the new Fourth South bridge in Salt Lake IT HAS been set up to allow traffic circulation underneath so that residents can still come and go such as on West where residents can move out into the street under the The underneath area of the overpass will also be used for parking and the State reported that they would install lighting under the bridge as part of the project but it would be the responsibility of the community to maintain this ANOTHER community responsibility would be maintaining the planting along the concrete of the Under the TOPICS program the state would construct the planter areas and the irrigation system to provide water but the City would be responsible to maintain the planting BOTH OF these community responsibilities were accepted by the As part of the construction a sidewalk is being planned on the south side of the THE RAILROAD is also planning to have another track at the crossing in the future and the bridge plans include room for It was reported that there will be no conflict with existing utilities except right at each end of the THE STATE highway representatives also urged the closing of the South railroad It was pointed out that with the new overpass the crossing was no longer It was also reported that the railroad company would like the crossing closed as it would help their liability KAY reported that Governor Calvin Rampton was urging that South be Clearfield Mayor Gayle Starks said that a 24 hour traffic count was held at the crossing and that time there had been crossings of the cars and 43 He said it had been reported that 25 percent of the cars which crossed during the 24 hour period had used the road because North was HE SAID many people who found the North crossing blocked would race to the South crossing to try to beat the train and this was an extremely dangerous The Council reported they were in favor of closing the crossing but a public hearing would have to be They gave their approval to it pending the completion of the legal steps which would have to be THE STATE officials reported that they would pro with the with the railroad Kay reported that the length of construction time would be from six to seven months after the contractor is THE ROAD will be closed for short intervals but for the most part they would re-route traffic around the Also appearing before the Council to give approval to the structure were several other County and neighboring City officials including Davis County Commissioner Glen |