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Show Guard Helps Stop Slippage By KATHRYN JENNINGS FARMINGTON - A letter to Gov. Scott Matheson has brought results for Farming-ton, Farming-ton, City Manager Max For-bush For-bush told the city council last week. HE SAID the governor has ordered the Utah National Guard to work with Farming-ton Farming-ton city officials to restore and stabilize a large land slippage on Compton Bench. He told the council that the Utah National Guard will be assigned to Farmington for 10 days - which began Monday -at a cost to the state of $25 ,000. FARMINGTON will provide pro-vide meals to the National Guard personnel at a cost to the city of about $1 ,000. Farmington Farm-ington has also approved approximately $30,000 to be spent for material to be used to stabilize the slope. Mr. Forbush also noted that there will probably be a granular granu-lar fill, a mesh membrane and a drain at the base of the1 hill to assist in controlling the storm drain seepage and causing reoccurance of the slippage. LAND slippage on the central cen-tral Farmington hillside has threatened a section of road and utility lines that serve approximately 2(H) homes in the Compton Bench aia. Mr. Forbush said he had become be-come "A little concerned" earlier when all efforts to obtain state help failed. "If we didn't need the help wc wouldn't ask for it," hc said. HE EXPLAINED that Cen-tervillc Cen-tervillc does not have the trucks and manpower to accomplish such a large pro- BmanBaaisiasmi ject in a reasonable "Three or four large Na Guard trucks hauling the t material a short distance to'-site to'-site can be accomplished i-in i-in 10 days," he said. He said it will require aw 200,000 cubic yards of dir. stabilize the hillside soil; be properly contoured" slope erosion. WHEN THE slide occura it moved several large a wood trees 50 to 60 feel west and seriously threak-to threak-to undermine the roa -damage the underground1' ity lines. |