Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-10-02
$4,000 IN ROAD WORK
AWARDED BY STATE BODY
Low Bids on All Projects Ad.
vertised Totaled
100000.
ACTION on SOME Is HELD Up.
With Completion OF CAB Miles OF
Concrete md bridge over Failing
Creek Awarded, Hlchmo nd Peters,
burg Pike Ncnrs ACCOMPLISHMENT,

Contracts TO the amount OF &3.S. 900
have been awarded by the State
Highway Commission. according TO
announcement made by Chairman IL
g. Shirley. AT tho recent opening OF
bids. the low lids on all the project
advertised totailed 100000. How
ever. action was held up on some
OF the projects pending the meeting
OF the commission
The bids accepted BY the commits
sion are as follows
Project l6l. Route Is. Stemplc's
store. North Carolina line. 2.26 miles.
soil road. awarded to W W Tuck
at bid OF s7.72l.9e With contracts
under way the completion OF this
section Will give good road from
Lynchburg Via Rus,burg. Hrookncal,
North Carolina line. some sections.
however, have never been built by
the State, Dnt are In travelaEie con-
dillon.
- Finish Petersburg Pike.
Project i73. Route i. Richmond
Petersburg highway. Gi3 miles Of
concrete Ia G. ~ Henley. Richmond.
at bid OF N7O.13I.3i. With the cora,
p!etion OF this section and the bridge
over Falling Creek recently awarded.
there will be "a concrete road for the
entire distance between the two
cities.
Project coz. Route .. s.37 miles OF
concrete, Louisa west on the Rich
mond charlottesville highway. to l..
II. Colbert, Richmond. at hid Of
Sl99.590.<S With the completion OF
this section and the construction OF
eight miles Of concrete road between
Iendleton and Louisa now under
way, there will :cmain only nine
miles OF un!mprovcd road between
Richmond and stanton VIA Char
httcsvillc. This section is between
the end of the contracts just award
ed and the contract for an asphal;
penetration road east OF Charlottcs-
vile now nearing completion. Seven
miles OF this unimproNed section Will
TIC in Louisa and TWO miles in Abe
marie County.
Take Over Entire Mileage.
The State Highway Department Is
giving special attention at this time
to preparations for taking over the
entire mileage OF the State highway
system. Commissioners George T.
Coleman is making an Inspection tour
FOR the purpose OF aSccrtaiu!uy iust
what VIII have TO hc done TO place
sections az the system not now
under maintenance. In naintsiuablc
conditions until the State can con-
stTuct these sections along the proper
grades and locations
The lack OF a dcnui:. financial road
program is making the problem of
maintaining the State highway sys-
TEN "a most difficult one. according
!" Henry g. Shirley. chairman OF the
commission. The Investigation made
bS commissioner Coleman on one i'm.
por;ant highway showed tina: it
would require S2.50G a mile to place
tn" road in maintainable condition
IL the State Highway Department
must operate on the limited curren;
FUNDS now available. Il would be
economy TO eNpcnd this amount on
the old road although the depart
ment realizes that when the road is
hnal!y built new location and
grade would be adopted and the sec =
tons OF old road turned hack to the
county or abanoncd. This situation
Is duplicated in many other sections
OF tho State highway system If
the state Highway Commission knew
q comprehensive financial program
would be adopted, this Increased en-
penditure for maintenance could be
avoided as the State Highway De-
partincnt could reasonably expect to
construct these roads within four or
five years. \ different type of main
tcnancc would then bc adopted for
the few years the roads would re-
main unifnprovcd