| Show Road and Trail construction crews have busy time on forest lands during past year By Durray G. i Civil Engineer This past season lias been a busy one for the Ashley Forest Road and Trail construction With the routine forest road and maintenance was for the accomplishment of this year's Ranger Burt Rouse at Duchesne has had a trail crew rebuilding portions of the trail from Hades Canyon into the Lakes The crew consisting of five working under the direction of Arch has been constructing new trail ways and installing water Monies programmed for this work amount to a Val Roose- has had a trail crew work-ing on portions of the Uinta River road from the U-Bar Ranch to Fox Ron Young has been straw bossing the crew this past The trail is being relocated to provide a stable tread with gentle grades and will cost A contract for was awarded to L. P. for the Construction of a trail from Hideout Canyon over Dowd Mountain across Carter Creek to Eagle Basin Hal civil is overseeing the construction Ward construction and maintenance foreman has had crows at the Uinta River Paradise Lake Campgrounds in Sheep Spirit Lake Campground and the Dutch John Draw was programmed for this construction work during the past The construction was accomplished by forest crews doing the clearing work and installing the drainage A contract to Union Construction was let for hauling and ing of borrow material for roadways and parking In addition to a contract for was negotiated with Wheel right Construction for the construction of the Skull Creek Campground near Green A contract for for the gravel surfacing of the Red Canyon Overlook Green Lakes Campground and Campground was awarded Union Construction Company and the work was completed this Another contract for was also awarded to Union Construction Company for placing an oil surface on the Red Canyon Overlook Red Canyon Overlook Green Lakes Campground and Greendale This work is expected to be completed next Ross Construction Company of has a contract for the construction of the road from Dowd Springs to Dowd This contract for the construction of a roadway and will be completed early next A new bridge has been purchased for both Hades Creek and South Fork of Rock Milt Wilson will take a crew soon and erection of the Hades Creek Bridge on the South Fork of the Duchesne River The Bridge up the North Fork of Rock Creek will be erected next The basic design work on three boat lumps have been completed The launching ramy at Hole will be put in serviceable condition this The earthwork for the Cedar Springs Boat Ramp on the Vernal side of the Flaming Gorge reservoir will be done early next spring by forest construction A contract for the placing cf a six-inch concrete launching pad 1700 feet long will be advertised next So long as that which might have been why worry your head about |
