Evening star., 1938-12-11
Bond Issue 10 Develop
Arlington County
LsProposed
County Board Studies
Means Of Paying for
improvements

The Arlington County (Va) Board
will meet this week with representa- =
tives Of the National Capital Park
and Planning Commission to review
contemplated Improvements In the
nearby Virginia area, it was an
nounced yesterday by Col. Christo-
pher B. Garnett, chairman Of the
Arlington County Planning Commits
sion.
Ons Of the principal items ex-
pected to be considered is the prog
ross being made on developing unit
2 Of the George Washington Me-
moral Parkway. The county has
for the past several months made
efforts to raise funds and secure
land credits to make up its share
OF the $500, 900 cost. The Federal
and State Governments have set
aside 100000 and $4,000, respec-
lively, to be matched by $50, 900 from
Arlington.
The parkway is one link In a
future development planned to ex-
tend Virginia shoreline drive along
the Potomac River from Mount Ver-
non to Great Falls.
Bond Issue Proposed.
Meanwhile, Col. Garnett revealed
the text OF plan recently submitted
by him to the County Board which
proposes a bond issue for Arlington
to provide for its future develop
ment without too great q drain on
taxpayers.
If the county's future planning
must be carried on by taxation, he
said, the money used for necessary
operating expenses will leave
''very small" residuum for parks de-
velopment. II, on the other hand,
the developments should be con-
structed out Of present revenues, the
burden on present taxpayers would
be too great, Col. Garnett said.
Because fuutre taxpayers would
greatly benefit from today's planned
development, they should bear
share Of the tax burden from bond
issue at the present time, he con-
tends.
To Connect Bridges.
The Planning Commission chair
man recognized adequate transpor-
tation as one of the principal needs
of the county. fortunately" he
said, I'VE have had, and will have
IN the future, the assistance of the
Federal Government in construct
Ing bridges and approaches across
the Potomac River to Washington"
One classification of the bridge to-
bridge highway includes the Unit 2
development Of the George WASH
ington parkway. 1t will, when COM
pleted, connect Key Bridge with
Chain bridge, with a connection to
Lee highway. The present Unit is
' nearing completion and connects the
Lincoln Memorial Bridge with Key
Bridge and also makes a connection
with the Lee boulevard.
Col. Garnett told the County
Board 1t would be q "blunder" for the
county to defer construction of Unit
2 and future units Of the parkway
when the Federal Government has
agreed to pay so per cent of the
cost If the State and the county will
pay the other half.
Cross Country Route Proposed.
A second great need of Arlington,
he stated, is a highway from Alex
andria 1nnning through the center
Of the county. This would furnish
q badly needed direct cross-country
artery. 1t should be at least so feet,
and preferably 100 feet wide, he
said. A new roadway should be built
If this cross country route cannot
be constructed by widening Old Do
minion drive and Glebe road, he
added,
The county construction boom and
rapid population increase requires
immediate study for future school
sites, Fairgrounds and parks, Col.
Garnett said. He told the board
that the cost of all these projects,
which will greatly convenience fu-
ture generations, should not be car
ried in the current budget, but
should be imposed upon this and
future generations by bond issues"