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Monticello Road
ResurveYSought
ByFairfax Board
Highway Would Link
Jefferson Memorial
And Home in Virginia

And Home in Virginia
The Fairfax County Board of
Supervisors will ask for a resurvey
OF the area between the Shirley
Memorial highway and Manassas
with view of building a link in
the long planned Monticello high
way connecting Washington with
Charlottesville.
The 19-mlle stretch is the only
portion of the proposed 106-mile
highway which entails the acqui-
sition of new rights of way and it's
ultimate cost already has been
estimated by the State Highway
Commission to be $39 million.
The final cost of the whole project
would run up to $153 million.
The supervisors, meeting yester-
day at Fairfax. agreed to request
of Rufus. G. Coldwell of Fairfax,
chairman of the Monticello High
way Committee. that the State
make the resurvey.
Would Connect With Memorial.
The Monticello Highway would
connect the jefferson Memorial
in Washington with President
Jefferson's home e-Monticello-
just outside of Charlottesville. 1t
would leave Washington via the
Highway Bridge and Shirley
Memorial Highway to a point just
north of the Springfield inter-
section in Fairfax County. From
that point it would traverse the
proposed new right f-way to
Routes % and 234. just north and
west of Manassas, but bypassing
that community. From there, it
would utilize existing rights of
way on Route % as far as Cul-
peper and then either follow Route
% on into Charlottesville or
Routes Is and 231, close to
Orange, to its destination.
1t is the latter portion of the
project-between Culpeper and
Charlottesville-that has been the
principal cause of friction when
the proposal has been before the
Virginia General Assembly. Dele
gate Norman C. Bailey of Orange
has opposed the suggested route of
the Highway Commission which
would carry the roadway over
Route %, via Madison. He wants
1t to traverse the alternate course
south of Culpeper so that it will
pass close to his town.
Mr.. Coldwells group was to ask
the support of the Prince William
County Board of Supervisors today
inasmuch as Manassas Is in that
county.
Three Stages Recommended.
Concerning the proposed new
link, the Highway Commission has
recommended that 1t be con-
structed in three stages: An inter-
mediate two-lane road would be
built on new four-lane rights of
way at 100000 per mile or 81 ,140,-
900; then heavy duty surface
would be applied at $45,760 per
mile. or a total of $869, ,440 more.
Ultimately the four-lane divided
highway would be built for an ad-
ditional $40 million. -
Also there is provision for 3.5
miles OF new rights of way and
road construction to bypass Char
lottesville directly to Monticello at
an estimated cost of $280,000.
The Highway Commission re-
ported in 1948 survey:
"Of major Importance is the
fact that the entire length of the
proposed highway of over 100
miles is within a single (Culpeper)
construction district and all funds
for its construction and improve
ment will have to come from funds
available to that district"
Opposition Expected.
Virginia has eight highway con-
struction districts and money is
apportioned annually to each. For
this reason, areas in the Culpeper
district not affected by the project
could be expected to oppose the
plan.
The needs of the Culpeper dis
trict, materially increased in re-
cent years because of the abnor-
NAL growth of Metropolitan Wash
ington, cannot possibly be met for
many years with anticipated avail
able funds" the commission said.
In other actions yesterday, the
Fairfax supervisors agreed to a
request from a citizens group
that survey be made of possible
alternate forms of county, govern
ment. including the county man
ager plan.
Manning Gasch of Providence
District. asked that non partisan
commission of 81 members be ap-
pointed to make the study and
recommendations. He proposed
that three citizens be named from
each of the six magisterial dis
tricts and three named at large.
The supervisors asked Mr.. Gasch
to submit list of names.
Zoning Changes Sought.
In the delegation were Joseph
B. Baker and Mrs. Frances x.
Pitt, Mount Vernon District; G.
Hubbard Massey, Fairfax; Mrs.
Bertha Burkholder, Falls Church,
and Mrs. Ethel Davis, Mrs. Ceres