Evening star., 1925-08-25
Property Owners to Have
Chance to Air Views on
Downtown Projects.
TRAFFIC CONGESTION
RELIEF is CHIEF AIM
F and G Streets and Connecticut
Avenue Among Those Listed
for Possible Action.

Advisability OF widening II OF the
main thoroughfares in the downtown
section of the city will be taken up for
consideration by the Commissioners
at public hearing in the board room
of the District Building, at 10 o'clock.
Thursday, September 8, Engineer
Commissioner Bell announced today.
The proposed widenings affect Y
streets, including Connecticut avenue.
r street and G. street, but are being
listed for the hearing as IA separate
projects, as follows:
Tenth street, from F street to
Massachusetts avenue.
Eleventh street, from New York to
Massachusetts avenue.
Twelfth street, from New York to
Massachusetts avenue
Thirteenth street, from 1 to K
streets.
Thirteenth street. from K street to
Massachusetts avenue.
Fifteenth street, from X street TO
Massachusetts avenue.
Seventeenth street. from Pennsyl
vania avenue to X street.
Seventeenth street from Pennsyl-
vania avenue to New York avenue.
Connecticut avenue, from K street
to Dupont Circle.
c street southwest, from Seventh
10 Ninth streets.
f street northwest, from Seventh
to Ninth streets.
G street. from Seventh to Ninth
streets.
H street, from Seventh to Thir-
teenth streets.
X street, from Fourteenth TO Six
teenth streets.
Wheeler Statement.
In a statement prepared today as
part of the notice of the hearing,
Assistant Engineer Commissioner
Raymond Wheeler said:
This hearing is granted for the
purpose of affording interested prop
erty owners an opportunity to ex-
press their desires regarding road
way wideningS that have AT various
times been suggested to the Commits
sioners. The Commissioners will at
that time receive petitions for or
against such widenings."
Engineer Commissioner Bell EN-
phasiZed today that the Commission
ers are not committed to any of the
projects listed. nor are they them
selves putting forward the streets TO
be considered. Practically all of
Building. have been suggested TO the
Commissioners.
Although IA items are being pro
posed for discussion, ii was learned
from reliable sources today that not
more than three would be asked for
in the next appropriation act, even
If the hearing should develop
favorable sentiment on a larger
number.
From a traffic standpoint, two of
the most interesting items on the list
are for the widening of F and G.
streets between Seventh and Ninth
streets. If this project should be
carried out il would eliminate the
curves which now exist at the four
corners of the Patent Office, all of
which are busy traffic intersections
G street is now used for two-Way
traffic, but the south roadway, be
tween the car tracks and the sidewalk
is very narrow. street in one-way
eastbound, with the car tracks close
to the sidewalk on the Patent Office
side of the street.
Connecticut Avenue Work Simple.
Another important item on the list
is Connecticut avenue from X street
to Dupont Circle. There is such a
wide expanse of sidewalk and parking
on this avenue tnat Col Bell several
months ago suggested a special treat
ment by cutting two new roadways
for traffic on each side of the street
between the present curb lines and the
buildings. The engineer commissioner,
however, has not made up his mind
on any proposed development and will
remain undecided until he hears the
views of the affected property owners
at the hearing. The advantage of the
treatment suggested by Col. Bell for
Connecticut avenue is that il would
preserve the trees with a narrow strip
of parking between them and road
ways for traffic on each side of the
trees.
Practically all of the streets listed
for the hearing are main arteries of
travel through thte business section
Of the city and it is expected that a
full discussion of the proposals will
develop at the hearing.
Col. Bell said today he was we'll
pleased with the results obtained in
widening Thirteenth street from F to
l streets and NJ street in Georgetown
from Twenty ninth street westward
The current appropriation act pro-
vides for the widening of Z street in
the downtown section and a short
section of Bladensburg road near
Fifteenth and II streets northeast
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