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Show Civic Leaders Urge Road Commission To Act On Highways 89 and 50 Assertion that Highway 50 in Spanish Fork and Price canyoi. will be impassible within GO days unless state .road authori ues take immediate action, was made this week by representatives repre-sentatives of communities or Highways 50 and 89. Meeting Saturday at Srping-vule Srping-vule to discuss the currenr de- Plorable condition of the two highways, business, civic and city leaders from Orem, "Drage-ton, "Drage-ton, Springville, Provo, Mt Pleasant, Fairview, . Salt Lake city, Price, Payson, Manti, Ma-Pleton Ma-Pleton and Panguitch, voiced bitter objection to the manne-in manne-in which the road commission has allowed -50 and 89 to deteriorate. deter-iorate. The meeting was conducted by rant Thorn, vice president of the Springville chamber of com merce. During the meeting ? Permanent organization to be known as the Highway 50 and 9 Association of Utah war iormed with J. A. Theobald, "ice, as permanent chairman. A statement of policy for the Srup, addressed to Utah state officials, was drafted by a committee com-mittee which included Mr. iheobald, Verl Whiting of Springville, William McFarland of Manti, and Mayor S. M. Nielsen Niel-sen of Mt. Pleasant. Tom Judd of Mt. Pleasant was chaiman of the committee. The statement follows: We, the members of Highway 50 and 89 Association ot Utah make demand upon the prope. authorities of the State of Utal for immediate repair of Highway High-way 50 through Spanish Fori-, and Price Canyons to a standard which will carry the traffic tc which said highway is subjected. Unless this demand is me within 60 days, it is the con sensus of this body that the road will be impassabie and that a critical loss will vesul to the economy of this state. We assert that slide rot k con ditions on Highways 89 and 50 are endangering the lives anc property of the traveling public pub-lic and that necessary step: should be taken to patrol these highways until corrective action has been taken. We further urge that Utah State highway authorities begin immediately to carry out a plan for realignment and better approaches ap-proaches of Highway 50 and 89 in Springville and Mapleton. |