Evening star., 1926-05-01
PROPOSED HIGHWAY
CHANGES |NDORSED
Eight Suggested Projects Are
Urged at Hearing Before
Commissioners.

Eight important proposed changes
in the highway plan of the District. g.
designed TO preserve the beautiful
natural contours Of tho city. wer"
indorsed by property owners and civic
orga niZation representatives at q
public hearing held ny the Commits
sioners today in the boardroom of IN"
District Building.
The projected alterations conStit ute
the most sweeping revision of the
original highway plan attempted in
80 years. II adopted it was said, they
would break up rectang ular lines and
substitute thorUug hfares of NOR"
beauty, characterized by sweeping
curves, conforming to the city ;
topography.
Features Explained.
Maj. Carey ~ Brown. assistau NJ I'll
rector of public buildings and publ"
parks Of the National Capital. ana
Mai. RAYMOND A. Wheeler. assistant !
District engineer commissioner. eX
plained various features 0f the pro :
posed changes.
Keen interest was manifest by prop
erty owners along Conduit road IN IN"
plan 10 aba ndUn Nebraska avenue a
originally planned b-tW cen t'oudult
road and American University aud the
substitution of a curved avenue I"l-
lowing the route Of the old chan
Bridge road along the rldg%. NJ
change, Engineer commissioner li"i
pointed out. would avoid c"nSidcrdble
cutting and filing 1t was given the
Endorsement of Edgar Priest. Charles
Davis and &. ~. Summers. proper
oil
and r. r.. Adams. president of IN"
conduit Road CIti2enS' Association.
Change at Benning.
one Of the most interesting "f -"
proposed changes considered wouh
make the one-mile race course !"
Renning. a street. with another hi
secting the infield. Chartered street
| extensions through the Washingt"n
Cathedral Close ( athedral avenue
and Thirty-sixth street-alsn are L"
he eIiminat ed under the plan. Melvin
HaZen District survey II. adrISed tn
commissioners that these two Streei =
would never he opened and IN" ar
proval of the project would rcmoV"
them from the highway nlan.
Another change considered propose :
to curve FOXhall road between t"'-
hall Heights and Wesley Heights. Z"
follow tOpOSldph ana eiIfll!t"t' ~
penSive grading. The same treatmeni
would be accorded the neighhurh""'l
between Rock Creek Cemetery and
Fort Totten. changing the lines OF
several streets. Straight lines like
! wise would he eliminated in part of
FoNhall Village in order /" give thai
section d more village-like treatment
Remaining Proposals.
! The remaining two proposed
| changes would curve Thirteenth h
! street around Fort stevens To con
| serve the old fort site and To develop
! that section with parkway connect
| ing with Sixteenth street. and 10 al
/ low some extensions in the vicinity Of
| BladensburE and Queens thapel
! roads. where il is planned to allow
| commercial development and 10 pro
| vide for access 10y Sidings from The
railroads. The new highway plan IN
! the vicinity of Fort stevens. Ma j.
Brown explained. also would provide
better traffic facilities i'm that section.
If the Commissioners approve the
proposed plans. they will he sent t.
the new National Capital Park ami
! Planning Commission for final ap-
proval This commission is created
| ny bill signed Yesterday by the
/ President.