Evening star., 1941-08-16
4.MiI|ion Road
Plan Urged in
Prince Georges
Work of $1,153 COO
Immediately Asked
Of Advisory Bourd

A program Of improvements for
Prince Georges County, Md, cost
ing about 81 ,153 900 Immediately and
more than $4,0000 900 over a 10-year
period, was submitted to the Ad-
visory Board of the County Com
missioners today by Board Engineer
M. A. Pyle.
The report was preliminary and
contained recommendations for re-
lief of traffic congestion on Balti-
more boulevard, Defense highway
and Central avenue; a system Of
belt roads, bridge over the Patux-
ent River be built with State aid,
traffic lights and improvements of
dangerous intersections, sidewalks
and roadside improvements.
The cost of the Improvements
recommended for immediate con-
struction was about equally divided
between the metropolitan district
and the county and State, the share
to be borne by the district being
s6O5 $40 and that of the county and
State s547,800.
S854,060 in Next Years.
Improvements urged for compile
ton within the next five years to-
tailed s850,060, of which s366S60
would be betrayed by the metropoli-
tan district and the remainder by
the county and State. The cost
of other Improvements TO be COM
pleted within the next 10 years the
report estimated at S2,095 900, of
which $1.728,000 would be assessed
against the metropolitan district.
The recommendations would come
under the provisions Of the law
passed at the last session Of the
Legislature authorizing a county
bond issue of 100000 for improve
ments of this type.
The largest item in the "immedi-
ate" program is the cost Of reliev-
ing congestion on the county's three
main traffic arteries, S575,000. of
which S277,2 would be borne by
the metropolitan district and $297,-
300 by the county and State. Belt
line roads would cost s182 900, all
within the metropolitan district,
and miscellaneous highway i'm
provements $30,500. Improvements
at intersections were estimated at
s92 900, parks and roadside i'm
provements at $500 and sidewalks
at sl7,740, all within the district.
Eleven sidewalk projects request
ed in various areas were listed, to-
falling ISL miles.
The Belt Line Roads.
The belt line highways proposed
are as follows:
/. Improve Addison Chapel road
from River road to Seat Pleasant,
2 miles.
2. Improve road running south
from Addison Chapel road and Gen.
trail avenue, together with some new
right of way to meet the Marlboro
road about l mile east of Oakland,
81 miles.
3. Improve road from Tuxedo to-
ward Huntsville and by new right
of way to intersection of Sheriff
road and the w. B. & A, 5 miles.
4. Improve road from intersec-
ton of Sheriff road and w. B. & A.
to intersect Central avenue about
mile east of Addison Chapel road.
IL miles.
S. A new road from the end of
project 4 to the Walker Mill road,
mile.
6. Improve the Walker Mill road
to intersect project 2, IL miles
7. Improve road from Defense
highway and Firms lane to Ardwick,
0.6 of mile.
8. A new road from Ardwick to
| the intersection of the Bladensburg-
Marlboro road and w. B. & A., Is
miles.
Other Roads.
9. A new road from the intersec-
ton of the Bladensburg- Marlboro
road and W. B. g. A. to cross Sheriff
road about l mile east of the inter-
section of Sheriff road and w. B.
g. A., 09 of mile.
10. A new road from the end of
project 9 to the intersection of
project 4 and Central avenue, 1.6
miles.
IL. A new road from the end of
project 10 to Rigley, II miles.
IL. Improve road from Rigley and
part of the Walker Mill road to the
end of project S, IL miles.
13. A new road from Rigley to
road running north to Brightseat,
DOT of a mile.
IA. Improve road from Brightseat
to Ardmore, Is miles.
IS. Improve road from Ardmore
to Ardwick, is miles.
16. A new road beginning on
Good Luck road about 8 miles east
of Edmonston road and running
to the intersection of Defense high
way and Princess Gordon parkway,
IA miles
II. Improve road from end of
project 16 to Ardmore, 18 miles.
18. A new road from the inter-
section of Southway, Greenbelt, and
the Branchville road to Good Luck
road and Princess Gordon park
way, IA miles; and
10. Improve road from intersec-
ton of Edmonston road and Jeffer-
son avenue to the intersection of
Sheriff road and w. B. & A., about
4 miles, including IT miles of old