Evening star., 1926-03-09
ROAD DEVELOPING
PROGRAM TACKLED
Park and Planning Commit
tee Considers Conduit
Road Area Project.

Plans for the development of the
Conduit Road section, particularly the
highways, are to he made the subject
of a comprehensive study by the city
and park planning committee of the
National Park Commission. Maj. Cary
II. Brown. chairman. announced fol
lowing a meeting OF that body today.
The commission also went over the
plans for the development Cf the
Washington Channel hsrhor front
along Water street and will make Ger
tain recomme endations after further
st tudy for a boulevard connecting Io-
tomac Park with the War College.
The committee decided that it
would he desira BILE in the treatment
of this area to build another bridge
south of the present railroad bridge
to connect East Potomac Park with
the mainland at Water street
Citizens Delegate Heard.
TO explain the needs Of the Con-
duit road territory William +. De-
ment representing the Conduit X, I'd
Citizens Association appeared before
the committee. He pointed out the
need of sidewalks and also the de-
sirab ablity of making this roadway OF
uniform width. The study of the
section will be made at the request
Of the District Commissioners, who
do not want to make any improve
ments in this section until the city
and park planning committee has Ia id
down a design for the whole area.
The District government controls
only the part of the roadway as far
as the Georgetown Reservoir. while
the highway from this point to Great
LN.Il IoI ~ nr4
ment. 1t was pointed ont by Maj.
Brown that the roadway is from 10 to
$50 feet wide. and it is the purpose of
the committee to study the entire area
with a view to recommending to the
Commissioners and to the United
States Engineer ONCE. in charge Of
the aqueduct, a uniform width.
The committee had before it the
two tentative plans for the Water
street Improvement which were pre-
pared in the office of Mai. James A.
OConnor. U. S. engineer officer in
charge of this district. The details
were explained by T.. a. Schmidt. en-
gineer in Mai. O'Connor's Office, who
worked up the plans.
Tells Committee Plan.
Maj Brown explained that it was
the opinion of the planning commit
tee that the Water street develop
ment should contain plans for an ade-
quate width for this highway to han
die the heavy traffic which would he
sure to use this boulevard when it is
connected up with the other boulevard
systems Of the park.
The matter will he given further
consideration by the committee and
recommendations made to Maj
O'Connor's Office before the final
composite plan Is developed and it is
understood that this will include the
recommendation for a new bridge
across Washington channel at its
western end. which would make 1t
possible for people in East Potomac
Par wanting to go to the eastern
section of the city to avoid the Four
teenth street route.
There also was presented to the COM
mittee by Mrs. G.. w. Alger recon-
mendation for a change in the line OF
Broad Branch road in the southeast
ern section Of the city, which pro-
vided for the opening of this highway
from Alabama avenue to Naylor road,
at the District line. According to Maj.
Brown, this would make it possible for
persons going to and from southern
Maryla nd to have a direct route across
the Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge IN
stead Of going through Anacostia by
way of Good Hope. This matter was
taken under advisement.