The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1941-11-14
Uniform Standards
for Street and Road,
National Prospect

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Warrington ID C. Uniform
standards far street and road TIM
p~ruNsnaents n nez Subdivisions. al
fusted . local CONDITIONS IA dif-
fereug areas arr now IN prospect
for practically the entire United
States. Federal Housing Admhnkytra-
tor Abner II Ferguson announced
To-Day.
Establishment Of such standards
has long been an objective Of the
FILA. Mr. Ferguson said IT should
result In a better investment for
the home owner. q soundeT mort
gage for the lending institution and
the FHA. and a more stable and
iivable community.
Adequate and well planned street
improvements. sDunfly constructed
az reasonable cost, are a vital factor
N the lasting success Of any new
residential development
Already many FILA insurine Of
fiees have made working agreements
with county, city. and other local
authorities IN regard 70 street TN
~proyemerItz and definite standards
have been established. Mr.. FerNu-
son said. Basic agreements have
been reached with local authorities
by other FHA insuring offices. It
Is the expectation that soon such
agreements win cover al the United
States as well as. Alaska. Hawaii
and Puerto Rico.
This movement" MI. Ferguson
said. rs the result Of lnng-sustalned
hard work. The Land Planning Da-
vision OF the FILA has made ex-
haustive studies OF the actual traf
fic requirements for various types
OF subdivisions. the types and widths
of pavements for different densi-
ties OF traffic. the high cost of In
adequate payements to both the
city and the home owner. and the
value OF close cooperation between
city and county authorities in es-
tablishing uniform standards"
II vas pointed out that the FILA
Land Planning Division had worked
out basic costs for streets In various
sections Of the country. These costs
are broken down into their com
p0nent parts Of streets sidewalks.
storm and sanitary sewers. curbs
CUTTERS. trees. park strips. etc
with variations for concrete, as
phalt and other types o. paving
material
Then the standards have been
adapted to the soil and the customs
OF the cities and counties IN the
insurlnR area Of each FEzA office
BY the local underwriting STAFF. n
consultation with the Lard Plan
ming Division and In cooperation
with local highway engineers. land
planning commissions. and similar
This work for uniform street Inn
pruTement standards. Mr.. Ferguson
said, lis serving TO iron out many
differences between city and coun-
ty governments. 70 untangIe Ovid
cd or disputed authority. to aid
subdivision developers In making de-
tailed plans and calculating specific ,
eosts-and thus eventually 70 give
eIssG taA&EH " AUttfE UufEEE4
In more than one area. It was
stated. city and county highway au-
thorities had been more or less at
cross purposes for wears. FHA of
ficials cooperated with these author
titles In establishing conmon-sense
requirements based on facts and
figures The result was the adoption
OF uniform requirements bv the
city. the county, and the FHA.
Subdivision developers IL areas
where these agreements have been
reached know exactly what they
must do to satisfy all street and road
requirements" Mr.. Ferguson said
They can so as far above these
minimum requirements as they wish.
The ultimate result Of these
agreements on road improvement
standards throughout the United
States VIII be a better home in A
more hvable community for the
average American It is in keeplng
with the purposes Of the National
Housing Act