Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-02-14
WPA-National Defense
Roads Under Construction
Start Huge State Program
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Of the 1900 miles of state roads
which haVe been found by a de
Tense survey to be desirable if not
absolutely essential 10 national de
Tense, and it is probable, Mr.. Conn
believes, that Il comparatively large
part Of the entire 1900 miles viii
eventually be constructed as Ger
tIlied" projects.
1t is ON this basis that Mr.. Cohn
estimates that many times the near
~ $4,000, 900 already authorized Will
be spent on North Carolina road
building. Some unofficial estimates,
made by official sources, put the
sum likely to be spent eventually
at close to $4,000, coo.
Most OF the projects already ac-
tive are for widening roads consid-
cred essential lor efficient defense
transport.
The biggest single project is the
Fort Bragg-Fayetteville road, for
which S695, 900 has been made avail
able. This consists Of construction of
4 22-fOOt strip OF concrete road from
within the Fort Bragg reservation
limits into the city of Fayetteville.
From the fort to the city limits there
Will be, when all the work is done,
4 dual lane road with a ten foot
parkway between lanes and ten-.Oot
shoulders on either side. One 20 o 70
strip Of concrete road is aIr.~ly in
existence. Within the city limits,
there will be only a single roadway,
but it will have q width of A feet.
The other IA projects which are
noW actively under way are:
CD Misunderstanding U. S. "A
all the way across the county (near-
iy 80 miles) to cost Sl33,135 of which
the Federal share is S97,456.
GU neutrality-suspicious. of
an access road laDout six u sever
miles long) to the recently authorize
ed air base at which troops will be
stationed. This will cost S60,870, with
the federal share amounting to $685.
o18.
(3) ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS - widening
US 20 and US 29-A across these
counties (about 30 miles), to cost
S257,2l2. federal share Sl72,077.
(4) MISUNDERSTANDING US 20
across the county (about 20 mlles)
at a total cost of Sl04,l34 federal
share S82,913.
90 Notwithstanding US l
across these two counties (betWeen
50 and So miles) to cost S3l4 ,622, OF
which the federal share is $25l,l37.
60 Polk-Widening US IS (about
three miles) at cost of Sl8,665, fed
eral share $l6,322.
CD Pender - widening and put
ting new shoulders on US II through
the county, This project is n Of
the major ones, and results from con-
struction of the Holly Ridge anti
aircraft base. viii cost Sl08,l98 fed
,ral share S53,435.
(8) New Hanover-a continuation
OF widening US II for Holly Ridge
road to Wilmington. Cost will be
Sl52,2O6 in this county, with federal
share %Sl07,360.
90 BrunsWick-ties in with Co.
lumbus project on US "a, and is for
widening Of this highway across the
county. Cost is put at Sl4O,37l, with
federal share Sl07,360
OO Misunderstanding Of US l
through county, including also wild
ening of the bridge oVer Tar river,
The highway is to be made six feet
wider at all points. Cost put at $780,
633, with federal governments share
S243,3 800.
CD NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF
US 20 and 29-A, to cost S26,8O5, with
federal share Sl9,263.
Q2) MISUNDERSTANDING OF US
IS from Buncombe line to Hender-
sonville at cost of S252,278, federal
share S206, 906.
U3) Gaston-Widening US 20 to
cost Sl3,345. with federal share SILL
3O6.
Q4) Cleveland-Widening US 30
at cost of S88,677, federal share
S66, 948.
These projects, in general, tied in
TO a pattern for widening all impor-
tant highways rl.lning either north
south or east-West. Highways l, 80,
"a and II are affected by the fiji
teen already on the active list.
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