Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-01
BRAWLEY-
ROAD URGED FOR
STATE CONTROL

Very general satisfaction is ex-
pressed in Ell Centro and other
parts of Imperial Valley with the
selection for inclusion in the state
chamber of commerce highway pro-
gram of the ROAD from Brawley to
inland via Calipatria. Ell Centre
was represented by Leo Hetzel, di-
rector of the Ell Centro chamber
and Robert Hays, secretary of that
body
The California Highway Com
mission will be authorized at the
next session of the state legisla-
ture to improve in the state sys-
tenn approximately 230 miles of
new highway in the 13 southern
counties of the state. The high
way committee of the Ell Centre
Chamber of Comerce, of which
Hetzel, Hays and j. L. Travers are
members, was invited by the COM
mission to make recommendation
as to what Southern California
roads should be included. 1t was
agreed that each of the southern
counties should have 20 miles of
new roads and representatives of
the various counties arrived at the
state chamber meeting prepared to
make recommendation for their 20
miles of road
After going into caucus the
resentatives from Imperial Valley
decided unanimously upon the
BraWley-Niland sector. 1t was
thought this was equitable because
one year ago, when new roads were
added to the state system, the Cal
exico-El Centre highway was taken
in, and equity demanded that the
road mileage in the north end of
Imperial county.
1T is expected that the recon-
mendation Of the state chamber
highway committee" Leo Hetzel
states, will be adopted by the high
way commission. Two years ago,
when new roads were taken into the
state system, the state chambers
program was adopted by the COM
mission in its entirety and there is
every reason to believe that the
present program, which includes
the Brawley-Niland road, will be
similarly adopted
Road Important
Hays states, 1.-The BraWley INLAND
road is undoubtedly the most i'm
portant road in Imperial county
which yet remains to be improved
and paved. It's surfacing will be of
great benefit to the north end of
the county and likewise to the en-
tire Imperial Valley because any
thing which helps the growth of
one area aids the entire county.
with the road built to inland it
may be later possible to have it eX-
tended on to connection with the
Blythe-Indio road near ChuckaWal-
la Wells, thus giving Imperial Val
ley close connection with high
way route U. S. so, which is the
new route on which Arizona is
concentrating its funds and its
construction forces. This is the
Phoenix, Wickenburg-Blythe road
which is certain to carry much
tourist traffic and connection of
the BraWley-Niland road with that
highway" Hays states, 'is a step
towards the Chuckawalla read. Be
sides the people of Brawley and
inland have much desired the paw
ing of the road through that area,
so we are satisfying many interests
within the county by having the
Brawley Calipatria inland road
taken over by the state and later
we expect this TO become an i'm
portant link in inter-county and
inter state road systems"
General approval on this new
road comes from the people of
Brawley and Calexico, whose rep
resentatives were present at the
state committee meeting, and who
concurred with the Ell Centro rep
reSentatives in urging that the
BraWley- INLAND road be one Sc
lected for recommendation to secure
state funds.