Evening star., 1927-06-02
MONTGOMERY ROAD
SCHEDULE DECIDED
County Commissioners Plan
$500, 600 Expenditure Un-
-. der New Legislation.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, June 2.-The
county commissioners have decided
upon road construction schedule
from the proceeds of the $500, ,000-bond
issue authorized by the last session
of the General Assembly, from State
construction funds allocated to the
county and from other moneys at the
disposal OF the board.
The program for the Summer in
cludes miles from Poolesville to.
ward Martinsburg; miles from Lay.
louisville toward Damascus on the
Etchison route; mile from the end
of the present construction from
Damascus to Purdum in the direction
of Lewisdale; 1 mile from Brookeville
north toward Sunshine; 1-3 miles
from Buck Lodge to Boyds Station;
"a miles from Barnesville to Comus,
and l mile from the end of the pres
ent construction from Damascus to-
ward Browningsville. All OF these
sections will be concrete, is feet wide.
and constructed according to State
specifications.
Work for 1928-29.
For the years 1928 and 1929, subject,
however, to possible reconsideration
by the board and future determine.
ton of width and types Of roads. the
program is as follows: Three and
one-third mile sections in the vi
cinity of Germantown and Old
Germantown; two miles from the
end of the existing construction
from Darnestown toward ;3eneca; one
mile from Laytonsville toward Clays-
vile and Olney; one mile from the
end of the present construction from
Laytonsville toward Woodfield; one
mile from Olney toward LaytonSvllle;
one mile from Brookeville toward Sun
shine; one and one-third miles from
Ashton toward Brinklow; the one re-
manning mile on the old Georgetown
road to the Rockville.Was ashington
pike at Montrose; four miles to con-
meet Wisconsin avenue at or near
Bethesda with Georgia avenue to or
about North Woodside; two and one
third miles from Potomac to Great
Falls; one and one.half miles from
Seeks Corner to Browns Corner to
Takoma by way of Carroll avenue;
one mile from Gaithersburg toward
Goshen, and one mile from Sixteenth
street at the District of Columbia line
to Georgia avenue at OF about North
WoodSide.
Construction Designated.
The board has designated the follow
ing construction as probable during
the term Of Office Of the board: One
mile from Dickerson toward Martins
burg; two miles from Dickerson toward
Sugar Loaf Mountain at the Fred
erick County line; one and one-third
miles from Poolesville toward Ed
wards ferry; one mile from Laytons-
vile toward Goshen, and the continu-
alton Of several of the roads listed.
The resurfacing of the columbia
road in Colesville district at cost of
not more than $4,000 also has been
decided upon.
The commissioners have approved
the payment from the proceeds of the
sale Of 100000 of the $500, 900 in
bonds authorized, which, under the
law, may be sold during 1927, Of the
$4,000 advanced to widen Wisconsin
avenue from the District line through
Bethesda and Of the $4,000 advanced
to widen Georgia avenue through Sill
yer Spring, and have decided to use
not more than $4,000 of the $40O 900
available this year to resurface Car
roll avenue. Takoma Park; the con-
struction of q roadway between Six.
teenth street at the District line and
Georgia avenue and the Colesville-
Baltimore State road at Sligo, and
the extension of the River road from
Wilson lane toward Potomac.