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Show New Street Asked For Sugar House A new business street for Sugar House, charted to run from 9th East to 13th East at about 2154 South, was proposed Wednesday to the Salt Lake City Commission by three representatives rep-resentatives of the Sugar House-Chamber House-Chamber of Commerce. The proposed street would be a continuation con-tinuation of Elm Avenue, which presently ends just east of McClelland Mc-Clelland Avenue. The suggested development was suggested to the commlis-sion commlis-sion at its regular morning meeting by Horace A. Sorensen, Soren-sen, chamber public relations chairman, A. W. (Mickey) Hart, president, and D. James Cannon, Can-non, executive secretary. Mr. Sorensen pointed out lhat a street at that point would serve three purposes: (1) It would help relieve traffic con-, gestion at 21st South and 11th East; (2) it would connect up with the huge community parking park-ing lot which will be built at the old Sugar House Park; and (3) it would afford space for an expansion of the Sugar House business district. Mr. Sorensen ixiinted out that many commercial en tor-prises tor-prises had sought locations in Sugar House, but had been unable un-able to find a central location because there arc not enough streets zoned for business. Tin-extension Tin-extension of Elm Avenue would provide for that need, he said. Some engineers have made a careful survey of Hie project, and found it fra-iblc, it wa announced an-nounced to the city conimi.1--s;nn. Joe J,. ('hriien -cn . i;cei , comn:;s-io!ier. said that his department, de-partment, would study these plans so that, if wnikahle, his d e p a r t ni c n t would follow through on construction or the street. |