The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-11
15 New Highway
 Jobs Announced
4IH Miles of Roads and
 Two Bridges Involved

Highway Commissioner John A. Macdonald to-day announced hf- teen new projects to be added to the rapidly growing list of 1881 highway jobs. which when com pleted will include work in every one of Connecticut's 169 towns. Sealed bids for the new projects will be received from contractors at the highway department offices in the State Administration Build ing at 1900 p. m. est. on Monday, August IT.
 The fifteen projects announced o-day cover the construction and reconstruction of approximately Al 1-2 miles of road and two bridges Among them are one trunk line job and one state aid job, while the balance of the work will be undertaken under the town aid act of 1891 which provides an absolute appropriation of $3.0O0,- 900 to be distributed equally among the towns.
 With the award of the contracts for this work, the total length of road being constructed or recon structed under the town aid act will be about 172 miles.
 The largest single project to be contracted for in this letting will be the building of about 4 3-4 miles of bituminous macadam on the Jones Hill Road in West Haven. This work will be completed un- der the State Aid Act of 1927 and will be the first section of a new highway which eventually will con- meet the Milford Turnpike with the shore Road, both running between West Haven and Milford. The job will require 34.852 cubic yards of earth and rock excavation.
 The projects announced by Com missioner Macdonald to-day are as follows:
 Trunk Line
 Town of Bedding: About 9.666 fet of trap rock waterbound ma cadam on the Sanfordtown road, Route 1858.
 Town of West Haven: About 25.- 199 feet of bituminous macadam on the Jones HIT Road.
 Town Aid
 Town of Bethlehem: About 22,- 38O feet of gravel on Carmel Hill. Nonnewaug road and Munger Lane.
 Town of Bozrah: About 1.47OO feet of gravel surface on old South Wawecus Roads.
 Town of Canton: About 18.350 feet of gravel surface on the Bar bour town and East Hill roads.
 Town of Colebrook: About 19,- I50 feet of gravel surface and two bridges on road from North Bridge to Spencer Bridge. South District road, Pinney street and Bunnell street.
 Town of Derby About 1,288 feet of waterbound macadam on Cedric avenue.
 Town of Easton: About 1S,701 feet of gravel surface on Center street, Adams road and Westport Turnpike.
 Town of Franklin: About H. 800 feet of gravel surface on Pleas ant Hill, Pond. Meeting House Hill Main and Baltic roads.
 Town of Goshen: About 18.975 fet of broken stone or crushed gravel surface on the Bentley Hawes road, road from Oldenwal- wall road and Beach street. der House towards Goshen Corn
 Town of Marlboro: About 13.- 820 feet of gravel surface on the Jones Hollow and West roads.
 Town of Mer.den: About 10000 feet of waterbound macadam on Yale. Coe, Baldwin and Hall roads.
 Town of Norfolk: About 19,700 feet of gravel surface on the Win chester and Haystack Mountain roads.
 Town of Southington: About B. 700 feet of loose gravel surface on the Mine Hollow road and about 4miles of scarifying on West Gen. ter and East streets,
 Town of ,fhomastOn: About 12.- 364 feet of broken stone or crushed gravel surface on the Northfeld road and Reynolds Bridge Village Watertown road.
 ------------~--------------
 Thouslnds of tourists are enjoy.