Evening star., 1945-01-12
Group 10 Weigh
Road Plans
ForMontgomery
Will Meet Tuesday
For Consideration
Of Troffic Relief

Resolutions voicing approval o1
the location of the Northwest Free
way, the proposed Little Falls Branch
Parkway and the George Washing
ton Memorial Parkway will be pre-
sented for consideration at a meet.
ing of the Montgomery County Ad.
visory Committee on postwar and
county planning at pm. Tuesday
at the Bethesda Elementary. School
it was announced today by 1t. Col
e. Brooke Lee, chairman of the COM
rnittee.
Another proposal to be placed be-
fore the committee would approve
early acquisition by the county OF
adequate parking space for the Be-
thesda and Silver Spring business
districts.y This measure seeks crea-
ton by the general assembly of
two special taxing districts to in
clude all commercial and indus
trial property in the two business
districts. A special tax rate would
be levied against this property to
provide funds for purchase of the
sites.
The commissioners would be auth
orized to operate the parking lots
from the suburban district 80 cent
tax, as now levied. Parking would
be free.
Heavy Traffic Flow Cited.
Pointing out that at present $4,000
motor vehicles day use Wisconsin
avenue through Bethesda, and
Georgia avenue through Silver
Spring, and that much heavier traf-
fic may be expected in the future.
the resolution further stipulates
that:
THE Park and Planning Com
mission be requested to recommend
and the County Commissioners to
approve and issue an ordinance
which VIII require the owners of
unimproyed industrial or CONNER
cial property in any location within
that portion of the MarylandWash-
ington regional district located in
Montgomery County, except in the
Bethesda and Silver Spring business
districts and within the town limits
of the incorporated town of Takoma
Park, to provide adequate automo-
bile parking space at the time that
an application for a building per-
NIT is submitted and before such
building permit is approved"
Z Owners of existing commercial or
industrial improvements in this area
would be required to provide ade-
quate parking space at or conven-
iently near their places of business
to obtain building permits to en-
large their places.
The proposed locations of the
Northwest freeway and the Little
Falls Branch parkway would tie into
the proposed master plan of high
ways shown on a study map of the
master highway plan which has been
distributed to the members of the
committee at its last two meetings,
Col. Lee said. p5s
Hailed as Important Facility.
Details of the preliminary study
plans of the freeway. described by
Fred w. Teummler, director of plan
ming of the Maryland National Cap
ital Park and Planning Commission,
as "one of the most important ia
cilities to serve not only Washing
ton and suburban Montgomery
County traffic, but through traffic to
Frederick, Hagerstown, the Pennsyl-
vania turnpike and Pittsburgh as
we'll will be presented to the group
before the resolution of approval is
submitted The Little Falls Branch
parkway, a local connection to serve
the central Bethesda area, would
connect directly with the proposed
Freeway
According to Mr.. Tuemmler, the
preliminary treatment plans, show
ing the feasibility of the route be-
tween the District line and Bradley
boulevard, have been completed.
These indicate, he said, that the
freeway will come in at the Key
Bridge via Macarthur boulevard,
which is already partly developed as
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