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Show Groups To Discuss Project To Widen Highway Through City's Business Section Constructive action on the proposal for widening Main street to retain the routing of highway 91 through the business busi-ness section is expected to develop today from a meeting of the Utah County commission, the Utah State Road commis-I commis-I sion and a delegation from American Fork. , The meeting will be held at Provo today, the three groups having arranged ar-ranged for the joint discussion of the project. The local delegation, representing the American Fork city council ana the Lions club will present the case in favor of the street widening, and will urge that a project be undertaken under-taken for the road construction. Members of the county commission commis-sion were asked to back the project Monday, when Mayor Albert Tregaskis, Tregas-kis, Councilman William S. Storrs, Councilman Ray Ellison, Dr. Guy S. Richards, Lions President John H. Miller, Joseph H. Storrs, Clifford E. Young, Elmer Bate and Clarence Grant met with the commission. The delegation pointed out that by moving the curbing back on either side, the road could be widened to 72 feet. This would provide ample room for the highway they declared. The meeting was the second held recently in the interests of the project. pro-ject. Last week Councilman Storrs and Ellison, Dr. Richards, Mr. Miller, Joseph H. Storrs, Mr. Young, Thomas Tho-mas A. Barratt, A. F. Gaisford and Marshal Clyde Chestnut met with Commissioners W. D. Hammond and Preston G. Peterson and Engineer E. C. Knowlton at the Capitol. At the session in the Capitol the groups discussed the feasibility of the project. The road commissioners commission-ers and engineer pointed out that the principal problems will be those of the railroad right-of-way on Main street, and of federal cooperation coopera-tion in the financing. If the construction is approved, it will be necessary to secure the cooperation coop-eration of the Salt Lake and Utah Railroad in improving the right of way, the state officials pointed out. On the problem of federal aid, they pointed out that the government has, in the past, been reluctant to help with highway projects within city limits. However, they held out encouragement that federal aid might be obtained. Interest of the road commission in the project was shown last autumn, when the commissioners assured business men of the city that the proposal would be investigated. At that time the commissioners declared declar-ed that the widening of Main street seemed to be the best thing to do, and with that end in view a survey of the street would be made and an estimate of the cost drawn up. The movement to provide a wider highway through the city was launched in an effort to prevent the relocation of the highway on another anoth-er street and by-passing the city. o |