Evening star., 1935-08-18
NORTHEAST GROUP
BEGINS OWN FIGHT.
Conference Charges Neglect
in Apportionment of Works
Projects.

Not to be outdone by Southeast
residents In their drive for civic i'm
provements residents Of Northeast
have joined forces in concerted
movement to secure Works Progress
Administration projects for their area.
The feeling that Northeast has never
received Q fair proportion Of local
projects has caused the Joint Confer
ence Of Northeast Citizens ASsocia-
tions to divert from its normal duties
that of acting as O purely advisory
group-to take definite action In an
effort to secure an equal share of
p. w. A. projects.
Projects Announced.
Highway improvements as an
nounced by Works Progress Admins
traitor George z. Allen, which affect
the Northeast section, include new
pavement on Kenilworth avenue north
east from Benning road to the District
line. covering existing roadway with
bitumtnous surfacing on Eads stree1
northeast from Fifty-third street to
the District line, Grant Circle north
east from Fifty-third street to Fifty
fifth street, Hunt place northeast from
Minnesota avenue to Forty-eighth
street. and on F1ftieth street from
Grant Circle to Washington place.
Also listed on the works program
are the paving Of the approaches tc
the new Eastern Avenue Bridge over
the Baltimore g. Ohio railroad track.
near Bladensburg road-this project
will extend from Bladensburg road to
Rhode Island avenue; widen Thir.
teenth street northeast from Otis
street to Bunker Hill road. Condem.
nation proceedings have been author.
lied along Maryland avenue northeast
extended from Fifteenth and H streets
to Anacostia Park.
Most Of these projects are small
ones, delegates feel. and the amour,
Of money spent, il equally divided
among the four sections of the city
would 60 much farther in improving
the Northeast area than is now
planned.
Member Bodies to Act.
When action was taken to ask Com.
missioner Allen for q list of project,
which the area needs, 1t was agreed
that member organizations would have
to ratify the action OF the conference
when they hold their first Fall meet
ings- The street improvements askec
for include:
The opening Of South Dakota anc
Eastern avenues northeast through tc
Takoma Park, Strengthening and i'm.
proving Brentwood road northeast anc
other streets that must necessarily bt
opened so as to afford full use of the
projected two new railroad bridges
across the Baltimore g. Ohio anc
Pennsylvania railroad tracks.
The extension Of Montana avenue
northeast from Twelfth street tc
Brentwood road was also asked, ano
| improvements at the following loca-
tions: Seventh street northeast from
Franklin street to Monroe street
Central avenue from Seventh tc
Fourth streets northeast and jackson
street northeast from Eleventh tc
Fourteenth street.
New Roadway Sought.
Another street project asked is the
conversion Of the triangular piece Of
land at the northeast corner of Eek.
ington place and Florida avenu.
northeast into a roadway so thai
vehicular trafic may turn right a
the red trafic light. thus relieving
trafic congestion at this point.
When the conference next meets II
the Fall it will be after each of tn,
member associations have held thei
first meetings. Hereafter. member
agreed, the conference will again rec
ommend action to the member asso.
Citations and will only meet to decide
| upon recommendations for proposal.
| affecting the Northeast as a whole
Action was taken urging the FEEDER
alton of Citizens Associations to ap
point two members to sit with tn,
Fine Arts Commission and the Parl
and Planning Commission when thes,
bodies meet on all matters pertaining
to the District. The conference, as :
body, cannot urge this action on tn,
federation since it Is not a member
however all Of its constituent civil
groups are members of the fedora
ton and, Chairman A. r. z. Schee
explained. one Of these groups vii
have to take this matter before tn
federation.