Evening star., 1941-09-09
Highway Budget
Of S4,605,060
Asked for 1943
Less Than Current
Year; KIingIe Road
Spun Envisioned

A $4,605, ,O60 Highway Department
budget for 1943 today was submitted
to the District Commissioners.
High lights of the estimates, which
are less by some $455, 900 than the
current appropriat ation, are $4,000 to
prepare plans for grade separation
and new bridge at Rock Greek Park
and Klingle road NV, improve
ments to IS streets and s496,000 for
completion of the grade separation
at Fourteenth street and Maine
avenue S.W.
Included also is language identical
with the present appropriation
which forbids reopening by the Dis
trict of its highway testing labora-
tory. The work is now done at the
Bureau of Standards.
Highway Director H. C. White
hurst explained the decrease below
the present appropriations by saying
that the 1912 appropriations had
been high to make use of surprise
surplus in the gasoline fund from
the 1941 budget. Since there is no
surplus now in the fund, the higher
appropriations are not needed, 1t
was indicated.
Traffic Unit Increase Asked.
The Department of Vehicles and
Traffic, which also is supported by
the gasoline tax along with the
Highway Department, asked the city
heads for SAIL, 100 for the next fiscal
year-a $31,590 increase over the
present appropriation.
Fifteen new positions are sought
by Traffic Director w. A. Van Duzer
to strengthen the staff of the traffic
engineer to the point where WASH
ington will compare with other cities
of the same size. Some of the new
employees would be used to fill out
the clerical problem caused by the
high automobile registration and
long waits before getting driver per-
inits A new truck Is also asked.
The department would spend ST.
500 to put traffic signals at "a of lis
intersections, which, according to a
department survey, need them. Nine
teen of the "a would be two-way and
the other five be three-way lights.
Ask Snow Machinery.
AS in the current appropriations,
the Highway Department seeks $780,
900 for snow-removal equipment out
of s75 5000 for snow-removal ex-
penses. New paving of major thor
oughfares would amount to 1853 900,
with SAIL 900 for local streets-both
items less than the current appro-
priations.
In connection with the $18, 900
item for plans for a grade separa-
ton and bridge at Klingle road and
Rock Greek Park, Highway Director
H. C. Whitehurst said the need for
this crossing of the creek has been
established by traffic surveys.
This is the initial step in car
rying into execution plans adopted
for undermining and developing the
roadway system in the entire Rock
Greek Park area" he told the Com
missioners.
Old Bridge Held Inadequate.
The existing bridge structure is
totally inadequate to carry present.
day traffic, he added, pointing out
that it is of light construction and
was built in 1886.
Four of the largest improvement
projects, to cost approximately 1885,
900, include the following:
For widening, altering, paving and
repaving, including the necessary
replacement and relocation of sew
ers, water mains and fire alarm and
police patrol boxes: Sixth street
NV, M street to Rhode Island ave-
nue., $4,000; Twenty-third street
NV, Constitution avenue to Wash
ington Circle, s134 900: Twenty third
street, N to @ streets NV, includ-
ing connections to Twenty second
street, @ street to Massachusetts,
avenue, 100000.
For the construction of retaining
walls and grading, including neces-
sary drainage structures: Eastern
avenue NE, New Hampshire avenue
to Whittier street, 10000.
Other improvements.
The following streets in Northwest
Washington have been selected for
paving, repaving, surfacing and 9TH
er improvements:
Eastern avenue, Whittier to Laurel
street. $19,400.
Forty-second street, River road to
Wisconsin avenue, s24,300.
Madison street, North Capitol
street to Kansas avenue, Sl6,700.
Forty-second street, Van Ness
to Brandywine street, S45, 1000.
Underwood street, Thirteenth
street to Luzon avenue, $18,700.
Quackenbos street, Fourth to Fifth
street. $1,000.
Seventh street, Longfellow to Mad
ison street, $1,000.
Seventh street, Oglethorpe to
Peabody street, $500.
Tuckerman street, Fourteenth
street to Luzon avenue, 1880.
Somerset place, Fourteenth to Six
teenth street, $4,000.
Taylor street, Georgia avenue to
Fifteenth street, $4,000.
Dalecarlia Parkway, Loughboro
road to Massachusetts avenue, Sf54,-
900.
Weaver street, Canal road to
Loughboro road, $4,000.
Fourteenth street, Fort drive to
Whittier street, $4,000.
In Northeast Washington:
Madison street, North Capitol to
First street, $4,000.
D street, Nineteenth to Twenty
first street, $4,000.
H street, Seventeenth to Twenty
first street, $4,000.
Nineteenth street, Lang place to
Arboretum property line, $4,000.
Rosedale street, Eighteenth to
Twentieth street, $500.
K street, Bladensburg road to
Seventeenth street, $11,500.
M street, Eighteenth place to ap-
proximately 800 feet east of Nine
teenth street, $500.
Fourteenth street, Newton to
Quincy street, $4,000.
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