Evening star., 1926-12-11
DISTRICTS future
NEEDS DISCUSSED
Planning Board Meets With
Representatives of Mary
Iand and Virginia.

~.aEic requirements Of metropoi-
iran Washington Of the future were
looked into, forecast and discussed
by the National Capital Park and
Planning Commission today, together
with the matter OF laying down com
prehensive park system to extend
across the boundaries Of the District.
when that body met with the regional
development officials of the two bor-
der States. whose nearby territories
will be greatly concerned with any
plan for the Improvement of the terri.
tory immediately adjacent so as to
connect up and conform with that in
the capital.
The commission had before it a
tentative plan for the development OF
a regional highway system. made up
of main arteries of traffic with the
District, and leading into sections Of
nearby States where investigation
has shown the heaviest traffic de-
mands are. The plan has been work
ed out by a corps OF experts, who,
for several months, have been study
ing the area, using as a basis the
recent traffic survey made by
private company. June l was set as
the date for the adoption OF the tenta
tive program, and in the interim
further Investigations will be made.
Result of Olmsted Study.
The park plan presented in q tenta-
tive form was the result OF a study
of several weeks made by Frederick
l.. Olmsted a member of the commits
sion. and employees of the body. Per
sonal inspections have been made, and
the tentative report lays down before
the Maryland and Virginia regional
commissioners a plan for the acQuisi-
tion of park lands in these States in
advance OF the expected commercial
and residential development.
The regional commissioners present
yesterday and today were: Maryland,
Mai +. Brooke Lee, T. Howard Duck.
EFT, J. Enos Ray and Charles II. Mer'
ryman; Virginia, w. l.. Bragg. II.
Earlton Hanes. c. r. .klncheloe and
Burr p. Harrison. the latter a repre-.
sentative OF the State Highway De.
partment of Virginia.
These changes include a revision OF
the street line of Connecticut avenue,
Tilden and Yuma streets to provide
for a system of boundaries around
the Bureau of Standards and to con-
meet up with the new park area in
SoapStone Park, recent addition to
the Rock Creek Park system.
The commission also approved a
change in the line of Utah and Eebras-
ka avenues so that II would follow
the curve of the old Rock Creek Ford
road. 1t approved change of the lines
of certain streets in the southeast sec
tion so that they would run around
Fort Dupont instead of passing
through that reservation.
Brentwood Project Approved.
Reopening of the old Brentwood
road northeast along it's original path,
so that ii would connect with T street,
also was approved. When this road
way is opened it will make possible
the use of the T Street Bridge across
the Washington terminal yards, and
it is believed will relieve Rhode Island
avenue Of some of its present traffic.
The commission this afternoon is
considering the regional highway
plan, taking in the District of Co.
lumbia and the Socalled metropolitan n
district adjacent to this city and lying
in Maryland and Virginia. For the
consideration of this plan the commits
sion has called into conference repre-
sentatives Of the regional commission
appointed by the Governors of Mary
land and Virginia.
This is the first time that these
State officials have been called upon
to participate in the discussion of the
regional development. A tentative
f'lan has been laid out as a result
OF the study made by a corps of ex.
perts called into consultation by the
commission.
Tomorrow the commission will take
up the consideration of a regional
parking scheme which will provide for
the extension of the park system of
the District of Columbia into the
adjacent areas of the two neighboring
States.