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Show Laratoga Road Project - Is Now Underway jrk is going forward at the :nt time on an extensive road " ovement project on the Sara-road, Sara-road, west of Lehi. The road. ring the improvement leads f i the Blanche Evans home west mi to Saratoga-is Saratoga-is a joint program of the county. 1 and federal government. Coun-fficials Coun-fficials were successful in se-g se-g the project on the "Farm to ":et" road program. The Federal nment pays "79 per cent of the the unty and state sharing parts on the balance. The - of the entire project is approx-'. approx-'. fly $30,000. ,3 work is "being put over, ac- rig to federal requirements and mployment is handled through V' federal Re-employment bureau OVQ. Under this program the law makes it mandatory that such work is let under contract. W. W. Clyde of Springville was the successful bidder bid-der and secured the contract for the work. The road is being drained and its present base is being raised higher so that snow will blow off and clear the road- It will be widened and an oil surface put on. The road is also being straightened, many of the curves being taken out. The work commenced several days ago and by the end of this week the grade will be shaped ready for graveling. grav-eling. It is expected to be completed com-pleted within 30 days. There are three shifts working and five truckers are employed on each shift. This improvement will mean a great deal to citizens in this vicinity. |