Evening star., 1928-03-04
SURVEYING BEGUN
| ON ROAD PROJECTS
19 More Miles of Paving to
Be Done During Summer
in Montgomery.

I During the coming Spring and Sum-
Mer. 10 more miles Of paved road will
be constructed in Montgomery County
Arnder direction OF the county COM
missioners and the Maryland Roads
commission. Parties from the State
commission are making surveys so that
actual construction may be started Just
Is soon as weather permits.
Z OF the IL improvement projects for
xhis Summer, six are in suburban Mont
komery County adjacent to Washington
End six are in rural Montgomery Coun.
ty. Funds for this work was assured
fhree weeks ago when the county com.
nlissioners sold a 100000 road bond
issue authorized at the last session OF
The Maryland Legislature at record
nr;ce with the largest premium ever
bald for county road bonds. The entire
tssue sold for per cent above par and
Brought a record premium of more than
$4,000. The road Improvement pro-
eram for the county this year also in
emdeS Al, miles of State construction
to be built from funds obtained from
The gasoline tax It Is expected by
county officials that approximately AZ
miles Of new State road will be built in
Montgomery County each year from
This fund.
! More From County Funds.
Z Additional road mileage in Montgom-
cry County also is expected TO be built
k-om county funds under inspection and
G,ecifications of the State Roads Com
mission in 1929 and 1880. as State SEN
stor Eugene Jones, E. Brooke Lee,
Speaker Of the Maryland House of Dele
eates, and other members Of the Mont
0omery delegation have indicated that
tney will support additional Montgom-
6y County bond issues for the purpose
M read construction. to the extent that
The net increase in the taxable basis Of
Che county will allow without further
raising the county's tax rate.
Z The two most important road con-
Aruction projects to be completed this
Near in suburban Montgomery County
are the four miles of highway to con-
nect the business sections Of Bethesda
ald Silver Spring and the remaining
nile on the old Georgetown road to
ene Rockville Washington pike and Mel
Hpse Completion of the remaining one
nile of the old Georgetown road to the
Rockville pike will open up this impor-
Nnt section to through traffic and will
permit the establishment Of through bus
Service along this road from Rockville
70 Washington.
: Suburban Section Projects.
Z The road-paving projects in the
suburban sections Of Montgomery
County to be completed this Summer
are:
Two and one-ttird miles from Po-
torac to Great Falls; one and one
half miles from Seeks corner TO
Browen's corner to Takona Park BY
way of Carroll avenue: one mile from
Sixteenth street at the District line to
Georgia avenue at or about North
Eoodside 1t has also been approved
o. the Commissioners to spend $50. 900
% resurface the Columbia pike in the
Co,esville district Of the county.
The road-building projects to be
tRlilt during the coming building season
- the upper end OF the county are:
Three one-mile sections in the vicinity
u Germantown and Old Germantown;
tgo miles from the end of the exist
ing construction from Darnestown to-
yard Seneca: one mile from Laytons-
ville toward Claysville and Olney: one
mile from Olney toward Laytonsville:
one mile from Gaithersburg toward
Goshen: one mile from Damascus to-
yard Browningsyille. An additional
nile from Damascus toward LewiSdale.
These last two projects we're on the
1927 program. but work was started so
hte that they viii not be completed
Until this year.