Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-18


tine party at the school.
Fairfax TO Ask Easing
Of Restricted Access
To Arlington Blvd.
The Virginia Highway Depart
ment and members Of the State
Legislature tomorrow will be
asked by a delegation Of Fairfax
County officials to relax new.
stricter access regulations for
Arlington boulevard.
The Fairfax Board of County
Supervisors Yesterday instructed
Supervisor Maurice Fox and
Stuart De Bell to present the
county's plea for more access
roads along the busy highway
that cuts through the county's
most densely populated neigh
borhoods.
Concern over the fate Of a
proposed multi-million dollar
shopping center on the Foote
tract at Seven Corners prompted
the supervisors action. The
county is eager to lure new
businesses.
Irving Berger. speaking for
owners of the Foote tract. said
the State Highway Department
adopted stricter access policy
for Arlington boulevard just last
year. with the idea of making it
a high-speed. limited access
freeway in the future, when
necessary appropriations for un-
derpasses, widening, ETC.. are
made by the Legislature.
Underpass Planned.
Eventually, the highway de-
partment plans to carry Airing
ton boulevard under the other
| interesting roads at Seven Cor
ners. Mr.. Berger said the high
way department meanwhile will
grant only temporary access
privileges along the boulevard.
We're ready to close a deal
with a major department store, :"
said Mr.. Berger. The only
question is whether we can tap
Arlington boulevard traffic. They
won't give us any assurance that,
at some future date. we might
be required to close the access
roads from the shopping center
to Arlington boulevard. That
would be fatal"
Attitude Held Key.
Andrew w. Clarke, former
Fairfax County State Senator,
who appeared at the meeting on
another matter. said the high
way department had been
rather dogmatic" in adopting
the new access policy.
You won't get any more bust
ness in the county unless you
change the highway depart
ment's attitude" said Mr.. Clarke.
Mrs. Wilkins said it probably
would be cheaper to build a new
super freeway than to convert
Arlington boulevard into one.
Here is a road built 10 or Is
years ago." said Mr.. Clarke. In
good faith the county has per-
mitted business and residential
development along it. Why not
ask the Legislature to prevent
this from becoming a limited
access road" asked Mr.. Clarke.
The supervisors decided to talk
with both highway and legisla-
tive officials to see about modify
ing the access policy.
Action on proposed SIS coun-
ty automobile license tag was
postponed until 2 pm. Satur-
day. after the supervisors yes
terday heard nearly three hours
of protests. When the current
budget was adopted last April,
the automobile license fee was
included. 1t was widely publ
clzed. but no one appeared to
oppose it at that time. The cur
rent budget anticipates 100000
from the sale of county tags.
Into General Fund.
Most opponents objected that
the tax would not be used to
maintain roads. but would go
into the county's general fund.
The supervisors tried to explain
that the county has no part in
the construction and main
tenance of roads, that these are
handled by the State Highway
Department. The automobile
license tax was one of several
new taxes recently recon-
mended by citizens advisory
commission to help spread the
county tax burden.
The supervisors heard a pro-
test over the imposition of trash
and garbage collection taxes on
apartment projects, although
the service is not available to
them. A ascent levy was i'm
posed In Sanitary Districts l
and 4 this year to provide trash
and garbage collection in those
two districts. Apartment prof.
ects. however. are excluded from
the service. They provide their
own collections.
Attorney Lytton Gibson. re-
presenting the owners of five
large projects. protested that
the policy is unfair. The super
visors referred the matter to
Commemorative Attorney Hugh
q AEareh for a Ierol nnit1ioy