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Earmarked for
County Roads
Engineer Says Sum
Isl5% of Funds
In 12-Yeur Plan

Almost Is per cent of the Mary
land State Roads Commission s
1858 million, 12-year roads pro-
gram, which it proposes to begin
in 1854, would be spent in Prince
Georges County.
That was disclosed last night by
Walter C. Hopkins, commission
engineer who helped draw up the
12-year program which the agency
has submitted to the Legislative
Council for consideration by the
1853 Maryland General Assembly.
Mr.. Hopkins told the Prince
Georges County Chamber of Com
merce, meeting in the Prince
Georges Country Club, that $82,-
$4,000 of the 1858 million con-
templated in the program is ear
marked for new roads and i'm
provements to existing roads in
Prince Georges.
A total of 1882 miles would
be constructed or improved in the
county. Mr.. Hopkins said.
Projects in Plan.
Here are some of the Prince
Georges County projects he said
are included in the 12-year plan:
Construction of the interbelt
freeway, dual highway from
Indian Head road through the
Berwyn area to the Montgomery
County line. The freeway would
extend through Montgomery also
to the Glen Echo area. Eventually,
plans call for the extension of the
road completely around the Dis
trict, on both the Maryland and
Virginia sides, over two proposed
Potomac River bridges. one just
north of the District, the second
just to the south. The Prince
Georges section of the road in the
12-year program would be 21h
miles long and would cost $21.5
million.
Construction of the Washington
Annapolis expressway, dual high
way from U. S. 301 to the District
line, IL miles at a cost of $10.2
million. Ut is expected that the
section of the expressway between
Annapolis and 301 will be COM
pleted by 1954).
Dualizing U. S. 301 from the
Anne Arundel County line to T. B.,
Md, 23.78 miles, $8.2 million.
Dualized Marlboro Pike.
Dualizing State Route 4 (Marl-
boro pike from 3O1 to Hills
Bridge, l4.41 miles, $6.8 million.
Construction of State Route S
(Branch avenue) from Clinton to
T. B., dual highway, SIS miles,
SIS million.
Dualizing State Route 500
tQueens Chapel road from Route
40 (East-West highway to U. S.
! Baltimore Boulevard, 1.73
miles, Sl.2 million.
Dualizing New Hampshire ave-
nue. from the District line to the
Montgomery County lime, 2.8
miles, $1.1 million.
Dualizing State Route 1913 (Old
BladenSburg road University lane)
from the Montgomery line to
Colesville road, % miles, $1.1
million.
Dualizing State Route 2O1
(Kenilworth avenue) from U. S.
so defense highway to District
line, 2.17 miles, 81 million.
Dualizing State Route 2o5 cd
monston road from U. S. so to
State Route 430 (Greenbelt road)
4.47 miles. $2.1 million.
Dualizing State Route 214 (Cen-
trail avenue) from U. S. 3O1 to
the District line, 682 miles, SIS
million.
Dualizing Riggs Road.
Dualizing State Route 212
tRiggs road from the District
line to Pisgah road, 3.74 miles.
SIS million.
Dualizing State Route 7O4
George Palmer highway from
the District line to the proposed
washington Annapolis Express
way, just north of Ardmore, SOS
miles. 50 million.
Widening to "a feet and resur-
facing of State Route 224 diving
ston road from the Indian Head
highway to the Charles County
line. 11.98 miles, $1.2 million,
Widening to "a feet and resur-
facing Of State Route 1877 Bowie
road from U. S. l at Laurel to
U. S. so at Glenn Dale, 1914
miles, $1.3 billion.
Mr.. Hopkins presented no break
down of the Montgomery County
projects contemplated in the 12-
year program.
Delegate Perry o. Wilkinson.
Democrat, of Prince Georges. sug-
gested to Mr.. Hopkins that the
commission might postpone some
OF the secondary projects in the
12-year plan and rebuild the Oft
flooded Peace Cross intersection
at Bladensburg. Mr.. Hopkins
said later the Peace Cross prob
lem is being considered separately
from the 12-year program.