Evening star., 1946-05-04

Arlington Of $4,000
State Highway Funds
Arlington County today is assured
Of $522,000 in State highway con-
struction funds, in addition to a
strong possibility Of sharing in $20,-
000, 900 accumulated State revenues
to be used for primary road con-
struction.
James A. Anderson, State High
way Commission chairman, yester-
day told an 11-member Arlington
delegation at the 1867 allocations
hearing that the county had been
considered with other urban areas
under the matching State-Federal
aid program
Under this program, he said.
81 .49l 900 will be available each year
during 3-year period, with Arling-
ton to receive $174,000 annually.
Schedule Being Revived.
The $20,0oO000 fund accumula-
ton, he said, resulted from the Fed
eral stop-construction order which
halted the State primary road pro-
gram for Al months. This schedule,
he continued, is getting under way
again, with $11 100000 in road con-
struction started and s9,O00,O 900
more scheduled this year.
The Arlington program, he added,
will be carried on as rapidly as funds
became available.
State Senator William D. Med
ley told the Commission a heavy
volume of traffic tunnels through
Arlington into the District. Inas-
much as Arlington is one of the
three counties in the State which
are not part of the State secondary
road system, Senator Medley pointed
out the county has just increased
its tax rate to provide part of that
cost.
County Board Chairman Edmund
D. Campbell said he was "disap-
pointed" that Arlington had re-
celved no allocations from the gen.
eral fund, although he was graft
fed to learn of the urban funds.
Cites Urgency of Works.
Describing the construction Of
of Glebe road, Fairfax drive and
Lee Highway as extremely urgent.
Mr.. Campbell declared Arlingtons
gasoline tax will aggregate mil
lion dollars year to the State"
and asked that the State honor
its commitments for highway con-
struction.
Insofar as I and other county
officials are concerned" he asserted,
I'VE could not support the incor-
poration of the county until the
State has lived up to its minimum
commitments.
Mr.. Anderson told the delegation
Arlington as a city would be in o
position to get State and Federal
aid totalling IS per cent of total
expenditures for primary roads. If
Federal funds were unavailable, he
added, the State would match local
appropriations. This does not in
clude the $4,000 per mile paid cities
annually for maintenance and con-
struction on State primary roads
within its boundaries, he said.
Clifton G. Stoneburner, county
Highway Division head, told the
commission their own surveys re-
veal that Arlington has the great
est traffic volume in the State. Lee
highway, main East-West highway
for trucks. he said, is dangerous
because of bad alignment and grades
and narrow lanes
/ Called Good Business.
! County Planning Engineer c. L.
kinnier also reminded the Commits
sion of the county's extensive CO.
operation with the State on plan
ming work and obtaining land dedi-
cations.
Strongly urging construction o.
the three highways from a business
development standpoint, Paul A,
Hill, Chamber of Commerce secre-
tary, said completion of the prof.
ects will bring the State more COM
mercial tax revenue.
Other Arlington citizens who
urged the Commission to make To-
cal fund allocations included j.
Maynard Magruder and George
Damn, delegates in the General
Assembly; Ashton c. Jones, jr.
county realtor; Robert j. Lancraft
executive secretary of the Alexan-
drfa- a-Arlington-Fairfax Real Estate
Board, and A. T. Lundberg, Public
Service Dept. head
Construction Approved.
, After the hearing the Highway
Commission gave final approval tc
the apportionment of S7,048,8as
, among Virginia's eight districts fbl
primary road construction in the
fiscal year beginning July l.
Under the permanent 1864
primary construction ALLEGATIONS. the
eight districts will share in the funds
as follows: Bristol, Sl,053,88o
Salem, s952,578; Lynchburg, $751;.
1856; Richmond, S954,454: Suffolk
S966,16 Fredericksburg. s528,99S;
Culpeper. 1921, 1876. and Staunton
5000 $50.
Three construction contracts were
rejected, including one for Route I
90 miles of surface treatment al
Falls Church. Guy H. Lewis g. Son
McI can for S167 20n M