The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-07
COUNTY ID BUILD
 MANY NEW ROADS
 WITH FEDERAL AID
Tentative Plans Outlined Call for Extensive Construction. City Also Asked to
 Aid in Cost

Tentative plans for the construc- ton of approximately s4oo,OoO worth of highways in Jefferson county with state and federal aid and funds de- rived from the sale of s2.ooo, 900 worth of county road improvement bonds authorized recently were made by. the board of revenue yesterday.
 According to the tentative pro- gram decided on by the board for roadbuilding. 27 projects with total approximate mileage of 200 miles are involved. The county will build with it's own funds approximately e6 miles. tho state will be asked to build with state and federal funds approximate ly s7 miles and the city will be ask ed to share with the county the building of approximately 16B miles.
 Call on BatsOn
 :. R. Batson, Jefferson county's representative on the state highway { commission, will be asked by the board to recommend to the state highway commission the building Of eisht county seat to county seat proj- ects running through Jefferson county to the county line in each di- rection.
 The projects which the state will be asked to bear the cost of con- kstructing include: The Montgomery highway road, eight miles; Warrior road, north and south, 15 miles; Jas per road, 15 miles, Bessemer and 1 Tuscaloosa road, 15 miles; Pinson road, 12 miles; Gadsden road, l4 miles; Leeds Bankhead highway, l2 miles; Bessemer to CenterviIle, $ miles. Estimated cost of this proJ- ect will amount to approximately $2,400,000 it is stated, of which half will be paid by the state and half by the federal government.
 Fourteen Projects
 Fourteen projects with an spproxi- mate total mileage of 96 miles are included in the boards tentative pro gram for road construction with county funds exclusively. These prof ects are: EnsleX, Mulga, Edgewater and Vivian road extending to Parks town, t2 miles; Warrior and Robbins Cross Roads. 10 miles; Elbow to Port of Birmingham, 12 miles; Taylor's S Ferry road, 3 miles; Trussville to county line, 5 miles; Lock IT road, [ miles; Bradford to Trafford, miles; Overton Loop to Mims by Filter Plant, miles; Water Works road 3 miles; East Lake and Huffman, , miles; Montgomery highway to Bluff Park hotel, 6 miles; Edgewood to Waddell miles; North Bessemer road, miles; Bessemer to Parkwood, 10 miles.
 Total estimated cost of these prof nnt- 4~ tr -f.s-a foI. T- 500, GOO. Funds for their construction will be obtained from the sale Of county road improvement bonds car rying per cent interest as author ized by te voters at a special cleo ton January 30.
 Combined Mileage
 Joint projects construction cost of which will be borne equally by city and county. if the former aceedes to the countys request total five with & combined mileage of 161a miles. They are South Bessemer connection, luz miles; Pratt City connecting liAdamsville road, miles; Mt. Pinson connection, 2k miles; woodlawn to Gate City, thence to Irondaie, 5 miles; Fairfield to Fairview, 21z miles Total estimated construction cost of these roads amounts to approximate | " SfVV,uVV The county pIoJecls anu the combined city and county projects are expected to about consume the S2, 900 900 which the county will have available for road purposes as a re- suit of the recent authorization. All of the state projects will be for permanent paving. A portion of the county and city-county projects will call for permanent paving, the re- mainder for cherting.