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Show ::: Highway Widening Project To Be Resubmitted State itoacl Lonimissioners ta Reassure Local Committee; Larger Project to be Drafted 1 1 Definite assurance that the Main ts f -,reet-Highway 91 widening project be resubmitted to the federal t i v e "nreau of public roads was given by itl f ff D. Hammond, chairman of the late Rad Commission, and Pres-S Pres-S o Peterson, commission mem-at mem-at a meeting here Monday. - The road commissioners promised j( officials and Lions club mem-Cbers mem-Cbers that the project will be resubmitted resub-mitted as soon as the engineering data for an enlarged project can be assembled, with the possibility that Girls the project might be pushed through in time for construction to start in 0 the Spring. Mayor O. DeVere Woot-U Woot-U ton, City Councilman William S. Stoirs, City Recorder Karl Bennett, ' a" Lions President Dr. H. H. Ramsay, d and Lions William Chipman and Bishop Joseph H. Storrs met with ' the commissioners, at the city hall. '"C The road commissioners' promise to resubmit the project and to do all in their power to bring about its ich acceptance gave a new turn to developments. de-velopments. The project hit a snag fin in mid-summer, just two days be-fore be-fore the bids were to be opened, when the federal bureau requested ID at- the road commission to hold up the stard Pr0ct for furtner investigation- The I federal officials indicated that the , bureau would not approve of the widening of the street and highway for only a part of the distance through town. (When the project was submitted, it was reduced to in-j in-j elude the widening of the street only through the business section, in the hopes that a less-ambitious project might meet with, readier approval.) i OThe project will now be drawn up by the ' road commission engineers to include the blocks at either end of the business section, Mr. Ham-mond Ham-mond said. It is expected that this will meet with the approval of the - federal officials, n and The road commissioners' assur-''ed assur-''ed M ances were favorably received by the local committee, and it was the general opinion that there will be no n ani unnecessary delay on the project, i, tt . The local committee pointed out ay. that the road widening is essential to the welfare of this community. Smith e. Business men and the public in gen-ine gen-ine eral wish to see the construction of ;eptffiv a wider highway, adequate to handle han-dle all through traffic as well as lo-rovin! lo-rovin! cal 'rafnc ktn efficiently and safe- inanY ly' It; is felt tnat tnis can be done by the widening of Main street, preventing pre-venting the losses which the com-munity com-munity would suffer if the highway baby i were rerouteci away from the busi-or busi-or tte- ness section. It was pointed out to the commissioners com-missioners that, while rerouting of At would mean perhaps only a small in a it percentage loss to the business con-; con-; the U cerns, that percentage would prob-e prob-e of tl-r ably be enough to determine wheth-the wheth-the to er business made a profit or not. B5' being on the highway, the com- munity also gains a definite adver-j adver-j tisinB value, which is essential in its I growth and progress, the committee g J told the commissioners. |