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Highway Commission
Schedules Program
For State Roads

Statewide Highway Planning Com
mittee has scheduled a meeting for
May to draw up final recommen-
dations on three-year roads pro-
gram for the state.
Delegates from all of Arizona's IA
counties were present in Phoenix
last week (Friday) when predimin-
ary recommendations were submit
ted. They will be studied in meet
ing of the groups executive COM
mittee March 13 with w. c. Lafe-
brve, state engineer, and Earl w.
Miller. his deputy assistant.
The committee was formed in
1915 under the auspices of the
Phoenix Chamber of Commerce to
eliminate intersectional pickering
for highway appropriations.
About $25,OOO,OOO will be availa-
BILE for expenditure on state pri-
mary and secondary roads during
the upcoming three-year period, ac-
cording to a highway department
estimate.
Delegates from Northern Arizona
counties at last weeks meeting con-
Cured in a three-year plan, recon-
mending the expenditure of $2,0O0,-
600 annually for Improvement Of
U. S. Highway Sc. The top drawer
project on that route, according to
these delegates, is speedy compile
ton of the Kingman to Topock cut
off bypassing Oatman hill.
Here are county-by-county rec
concentrations for three-year
roads program:
Apache County, submitted by
Bryant Whiting: Improvement to
Route 26O from Alpine to New Mex
| leo line; Route 73 from Springer
vile IS miles toward Greer; Route
81 north of st. Johns from Witch
Well toward New Mexico line.
Cochise County, submitted by
Floyd Wallace: Widening and i'm
provement to Route 80 from New
Mexico line to Douglas, from the
divide to and through Bisbee, and
from Benson to Tombstone; bridge
over San Pedro River on Route 80
near Bisbee; seal coat on Route Sc
from Benson to New Mexico line.
Coconino County, submitted by
OFT Morrow: Completion of King
man-to-Topock cutoff, Improvement
of Ashfork hill, Winona to Canyon
Padre and new Williams overpass,
all on Route &c; resurfacing Route
SO about % north of Flagstaff, near
The Gap and from Cedar Ridge to
Tanner Wash; new guard rails on
portions of Route SO Alternate thro
Oak Creek Canyon; and completion
of Route SO from Phoenix to Pres
colt and the Verde Valley.
Gila County, submitted by Glenn
L. Wilson: Realignment of Route 70
from Cutter to Geronibo; improve
ment of Route 60-70 west of Wick
enburg and from Mesa to Apache
Junction; resurfacing of Route II
from Globe to Winkelman; and i'm
provement of Route S8 (the Apache
Trail)
Graham County, submitted by
Glen Hopes: CUTTER Geronimo Cut
off and improvement of sections of
Route 60-70 from Stafford to Fort
Thomas; surfacing of 666 at juno
ton with Sc and improvement of
666 north of Clifton.
Greenlee County, submitted by
A. c.. Stanton: improvement of sec
tions of Route 666 near Rose Peek,
north of Clifton and seal coating in
Cochise County; Improvement to
Route 6O-7O from New Mexico line
to Duncan.
Maricopa County, submitted by
William Menhennet: widening of
RDoute 6O-70-80-89 east of Mesa to
Apache Junction; improvement to
Route SOTO for II miles west of
Wickenburg; Route 81 from Mesa
underpass to six miles south Chan
dler; completion of the Black Can
yon, Apache Trail and Wickenburg
to Kingman projects.
MOhave County, submitted by Ar
thur Black: Kingman to- Topock
cutoff, Ashfork hill, widening east
of Kingman, east and west of Ash
DIRK and from Canyon Padre to Wi
mona, all improvements on Route
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