Evening star., 1950-12-09
So Million Plan
For Freeway in
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New Prince Georges
Boord Acts After
Toymon's Report

A proposed 50 million cross
county freeWay project has been
abandoned by the new Board of
County Commissioners of Prince
Georges County.
The commissioners acted yes
terday at a regular semiweekly
meeting, after hearing report
from County Engineer Arthur w.
Tayman on the operations and
plans of his department. 1t was
the second meeting of the all
Republican board which took
Office Tuesday.
The project was proposed in Oc-
tober, 1945, by the Advisory Board
to the County Commissioners. The
then Democratic board approved
application to the Federal Gov
ernment for a $150,000 loan to
finance the design of the 712 mile
thoroughfare.
The loan was approved. and
half was advanced. only $4,000
has been spent for a preliminary
construction plan and a cost esti-
mate. The expenditure included
payment for an aerial topographic
survey.
Over New Route.
Virtually all of the four-lane,
divided highway would have been
built with only a very small por-
ton of existing highways being
used. The route would have fol-
lowed roughly the East-West
highway from Takoma Park and
University lane, then skirted the
northern boundary of Riverdale,
continued in an easterly direction
to Briar Ditch. south of Good
Luck road, and across the county
to Ardwick. where it would have
connected with the Annapolis
Freeway. 1t also wouIlr rNaxs tied
in with the Baltimore Parkway.
Board President Thomas E.
Latimer expressed the opinion
that. if and when such road is
built, it should be much farther"
out than the route proposed.
Other commissioners said the
county should wait and benefit
from the Highway Transportation
Study of the Metropolitan Area
now under way. That study is
being made by Maryland, Virginia
and District authorities and the
Bureau Of Public Roads.
The commissioners appeared to
favor a proposal by Mr.. Tayman
for construction of central ga
rage and maintenance shop for
engineering department equip
ment. They instructed him to look
for suitable site.
No Action on Lighting.
No action was taken on a re-
quest of group of Avondale resi-
rents for permission to use funds
of the Avondale improvement Dis
trict to pay for a permanent elec-
trio line to the community Christ
mas tree in Carson's Circle at
Queens Chapel road and Eastern
avenue. the tree was planted in
January by the Avondale Garden
Club as part of more than $500
worth Of tree and shrubbery
paintings In the community.
Commissioners Attorney Adrian
P. Fisher told the group such use
is not permitted under the ordi-
nance setting up the improvement
district. Attorney Daniel Green,
Mrs. Arnold H. Loveday, garden
club president. and John A. Nc
Lean, acting president of the
Avondale Citizens Association,
made up the delegation.
A request of the Brentwood
Town Council for county police
and the States attorneys Office
to pay CLOSE attention" to floor
shows in Brentwood taverns,
was referred to Acting Police
Chief Roscoe Sines. Town Attor-
ney Vance v. Vaughan wrote the
commissioners that council mem
bers had seen newspaper accounts
Of arrests for obscene shows in
the county.
On motion of Commissioner
Edward j. Walters, the board ap-
pointed Linden C. Briscoe as
deputy clerk. Mr.. Briscoe will
continue to be paid at the rate of
$6,500 annually until December
81, After that, until he retires
next September. he will receive
$4,000 a year.