Show danger for roads however still existing says engineer chief engineer H K S kerr jrr of of t the he state road commission returning aiom a trip to kane county passed through richfield saturday and in talking to our ze ie stated that the landslide in big meadow wash in kane county near sit carmel and on the new zion mt carmel highway has not damaged j the road mr kerr however omm endea that certain be done to protect the roadway which is so much the more feasible because it can call be done at the insignificant expense of about 2500 the unstable nature of the ground in big meadow wash was noted at the time of the construction of the road and for that acason a change was made in the alignment of the road mr kerr stated had the road remained in its originally surveyed location it would have been destroyed in places already he reported the road which is on a dugway was moved higher up the slope however and for the most part to safe ground about one fourth of a mile is now threatened by the hillside settling away underneath it wood cribs to prevent faither slides and perhaps piling at the edge of the road to retain the higher ground should the lower fall away still more are proposed mr kerr says that at one place the edge of the settling ground is already close to the road guardrail guard rail the zion mount carmel road is open to traffic sir mr kerr reports two bridges at the west approach appi to the tunnel coital remain to be completed these will be artistic and unusual structures hannon harmonizing izing with the beauty of the park surroundings roun dings |