Evening star., 1927-12-10
MALL ROAD PLAN
WILL Be PUSHED
Two Streets Running East
and West Urged to Relieve
Future Congestion.

| Moving to relieve traffic congestion
! on Pennsylvania avenue when com
| mencement of the public building
operations in the triangle forces clos
| ing of many of the streets between
| Seventh and Fifteenth streets, the
! Commission of Fine Arts today sub
mitted to the National Capital Park
and Planning Commission a plar for
| immediate opening Of two parallel
roadwavs East and West through the
| Mall. The roadWays may be opened
ut a cost not to exceed 500, 600, Chair
! man Moore of the Fine Arts body said.
! and the work should be undertaken
! Immediately in order that the roads
! may he available for use within few
months Not only will opening of the
roadWays serve the immediate pur-
pose of providing two alternate thor
oughfares through the Mall to re-
| lcve heavy traffic forced on Pennsyl-
vania avenue by the closing of streets
within the triangle. but they will push
forward Mall roadway development
proposed under the 1901 plan and
bring the highway plan of the Dis
trict of Columbia near completion in
the central portion of the city.
Both roadWays proposed are either
! already provided for on the highway
maps or may be SO provided at a
minimum of expense and conStruc'
ton, Mr.. Moore said. Even the roads
planned to run through the temporary
Government buildings along FOur-and-
! a.half. Sixth and Seventh streets will
not necessitate removal of any of the
structures now housing units of sew
eral Government departments. These
structures, erected during the war,
were so placed as to permit carrying
out the Mall highway plan without re-
moval of any portion of them.
Will Run i'm Front of Museum.
The north roadway would progress
in n straight line east from the pro-
nosed extension of Fifteenth street,
running parallel with B street in front
| of the National Museum. The south
roadway would parallel the other on
! the north, and run Immediately hortli
| of the Smithsonian institution. Curp
| lines are all ready for use IN some
parts of the roadways. Mr.. Moore salo;
MANY purposes will be served II
| these roadWayS are lmmedlatels put ~
| construction and their use guaran
1
building program gets we'll under way
! Mr. Moore foresees the day not later
| than next Summer when many OF the
ctroets in the triangle will be CLOSED
| h,, building operations. shunting much
! ~ tho traffic to Pennsylvania avenue
unless ADEQUATE and suitable parailel
roads through the Mall are proVldeG
| Instead Of using Pennsylvania avenue
| Mr.. Moore points out. persons traVel
| ing east toward the Capitol couid so
down Fifteenth street to elther roau
way and travel in straight llne 10
| their destination. relieving trathc con
gestion on Pennsylvania avenue. re
! nroposed that the two streets De cut
| through the area of the old Bota me
! Garden direct to the west front or the
| Capitol.
Road to Union Station.
Another road is to be cut through
direct from the Union Station to the
| intersection Of Pennsylvania avenue
| and Second street, which Will run
| into the north roadway and PROVIDE
| immediate and quick access through
| the Mall to the western portion OF
| the city without running through the
| heavy traffic on Pennsylvania avenue.
| The pIans for the two Mall roadWays
occupied much Of the time OF the
| commission at the final day of its
meeting yesterday.
| Members of the commission de-
clared today that the buildings pro-
posed for the civic center between
| Third and Sixth streets and Pennsyi-
vania and Louisiana avenues, in plans
laid before them by A. l.. Harris,
municipal architect. are ideally suited
for the purpose and conform in every
way with the architecture proposed
for the north side of Pennsylvania
| fronting the Government structures
on the south side. The buildings VIII
all be Of modified classic architecture.