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official who declared the District
alone could not finance such an
increase in highway development.
The OMahoney committee re-
port said the District now had
$11,475,0 900 worth of highway con-
struction under contract, with an,
other $25,0oo,ooo authorized or
planned.
Engineer Commissioner Gordon
r. Young said the $25.000,000
figure comedies approximately
with items remaining under the
Commissioners long-term plan of
five years ago. But he said there
would have to be some "reshuf1-
ing" OF plans and priorities.
Big items on the city's future
highway development program in
clude clearing of bottlenecks at
the Sousa, Anacostia and Ben
ming Bridges; construction of
new span over the Anacostia, now
involved in a dispute over the
best site: and construction of the
second bridge of the twin-span
new Highway Bridge over the Po-
tomac.
New Bridges To Be Studied.
Later there will be questions of
one or two new crossings for the
Potomac and long list of traffic
improvement projects within the
District. including depressed high
ways, bridges for Rock Creek and
traffic underpasses, as we'll as an
Anacostia bridge to serve the pro-
jected Washington Baltimore
Parkway.
Engineer Commissioner Young
said the reshufhing of priorities
would depend largely on the met
ropolitan area study now being
tabulated.
Gen. Young listed items on the
future program, not yet under
taken. Often discussed, they in
clude the following:
Kansas avenue railroad under
pass, the Arizona parkway, the
Whitehaven parkway, the depres-
sion Of K street below surface
traffic, an underpass for Wash
ington Circle, an underpass for
Mount Vernon Square, relief of
congestion at Barney Circle; an
underpass at Fifteenth and H
streets NE, where double
decker" underpass has been sug-
gested; Twentieth street bridge,
and an underpass at the inter-
section Of Constitution and Penn
sylvania avenues.
Gen. Young relegated to the
remote future suggestions for ac-
ton on several of these projects.
The outlined construction pro-
gram alone. it was calculated,
would provide more than 17,000,-
100000 man-hours of employ
ment. And if off-site employment
is considered, including county
and city road work and work in
affected consumer goods industry,
the report said, the total employ
ment that could flow from a
$41, ,000. 100000 program is ex-
pected to go as high as $685.
ABS, 900 man hours. The Districts
program would give 94,604 900
hours, employment, it was esti-
mated.
The employment possibilities of
the program were stressed in the
O'Mahoney Committee report. 1t
said its survey had revealed a
greater market for business and
industry in filling IAN important
gap" in the national economy that
was shown by earlier estimates.
Employment Estimate Made.
1.-THE vital Importance of main
tanning highway system capable
of meeting the demands of a
$3.50, 900, 100000 a year economy
and the size of the market it Of
fers is apparent" Senator O'Ma-
honey said, when we recall that
almost 100000 persons are en-
ployed in manufacturing motor
vehicles, tires and parts, and 100,-
600 more are engaged in produc-
ing the gasoline consumed by the
Nations cars and trucks"
He added that hundreds Of