Application has been made to, and approved, by the Federal Office of
Public Roads for Post Road co-operation on a 48.5 miles section of the
John Day River Highway in Wheeler and Grant Counties. 25.5 miles of this
project are in Wheeler County and 23 miles in Grant County. The total
estimated cost of the project is $400,433.79, and the funds are to be
provided as follows: State $157,216.90, Government $157,216.89; Wheeler
County $36,000.00 and Grant County $50,000.00.
The survey for this project parallels the John Day River on the north
bank, through Wheeler County and extends from the mouth of Sarvice Creek
in Wheeler County to Valades Ranch about four miles West of Dayville in
Grant County. In Grant County a crossing is made to the west bank near
the upper end of the Big Basin.
It is expected that construction will be commenced on the Sarvice
Creek-Valades Ranch Project early in 1919.