Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-05-17
Prince Georges 10 Pa,
S412,537 in Road
Improvement Plan

Prince Georges County's 1850
road improvement program will
provide for rebuilding portions OF
% roads and bituminous surfac-
ing Of 81 others at cost of $412,-
SGT.
The county commissioners, after
weeks of pickering and trimming
to keep within financial quota
gave final approval yesterday tc
the program.
The rebuilding will cost ar
estimated $218,800, according tt
County Engineer Arthur w. Tay-
man. The bituminous surfacing
covering over 81 miles of county
maintained roads, will cost $685.
1877. he reported.
Bridges Included.
Replacement or improvement OF
nine bridges and culverts is in.
cluded in the rebuilding program
Roads where bridges are included
and estimated costs are: Odell
road. from Powder Mill road to
the old Baltimore boulevard
Beltsville, $4,000; Thrift road
bridge only, across Piscataway
Creek, near Piscataway. $4,000;
Brick Church road. Oak Grove to
Central avenue, $4,000; Auburn
avenue. over Briar Ditch, Wilder
croft, $4,000; old Louise Merson
road, Laurel-Burtonsville road to
Brooklyn Bridge road, near Laurel
1.-TWO BRIDGES, $4,000; lanyard
road. from Nottingham to River
road. near Naylor, $4,000; Floral
Park road, completion of remain
ing portion between Piscataway
and T. B., $26,500. and Pisgah
Church road, Briggs road to
Montgomery County line, $4,000.
Portions of the following roads
will also be rebuilt:
Quincy street, from River road
to Landover road, BlandenSburg
500: Cool Spring road, Colesville
road to Riggs road, $4,000; Glen
Arden parkway, George M. Palm
er highway to .Ardmore-Bright
Seat road, $4,000; DR.. Cooks road
Beltsville. $500; Carter Hall road
southeast for / mile off Grain
highway, near Upper Marlboro
$4,000; Lottsford- Vista road, fol
l mile starting at Palmer high
way, $4,000; Cedar drive, Silver
Hill, $500; Goodluck road, Ed
monston road to Auburn avenue
$4,000; Bigelow road, Van Duser
road to Muirkirk road GA niles
$13. 500; old Baltimore boulevard
|Swampoodle road to Muirkirk
road GA miles,. $500; Danger
field road, between woodward road
and Surrattsville road, $12,500;
old Marshall Hall road, Accokeek
road to new Marshall Hall road
$4,000; Hatton Hill road, Piscata.
way road to Chapel Hill road
$14,500; Walker Mill road, MARI
boro pike to County road, neal
District Heights, $4,000, ano
Horsehead road, Baden to Charles
County road GA niles, $4,000.
Bituminous Surfacing.
Roads slated for bituminous
surfacing are distributed proper.
tionately among the county's foul
maintenance districts. The prof.
ects run from several hundred feet
to about ~ miles.
In other business yesterday, the
commissioners:
Designated three men as mem
bers of a new county Commission
for Youth in conformity with
similar groups on a State and ma.
tional level. They are Walter F
Mulligan, president of the county
Civic Federation, as chairman;
Roy D. Bright. senior parole anc
probation officer for Southern
Maryland, and Gerard Buscher
chairman of the county's Recrea.
ton Board.
Granted cranival permits to tn.
Mount Calvary Catholic Church
F'oreStville, for an affair Jun.
12-17 on the church grounds anc
the Fourth Precinct Democrat,
Club Of Chillum, June 19-July /
at New Hampshire and Eastern
avenues.
Approved a day nursery ane
camp permit for Bernice s. Sher.
idan for a 10-acre tract on CT.
priano road, near Lanham.
Granted tax exemption, start.
ing this year, to church propert,
in Carmody Hills owned by thu
Congress Heights Baptist Church