Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-21
Eisenhower Urges
|Long-Range District
Public Works Plan
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however. came in the District
budget itself.
The budget includes no con-
struction money for new schools
libraries. recreation facilities
public health. corrective or well
fare institutions, stormwater
sewers or sanitary sewers. Only
about 40 per cent of the con-
struction money the city wants
to spend next year is in the
budget.
The reason is that the re-
naming so per cent will have
to be financed under the new
public works program. So the
Commissioners can't ask for the
money until after the program
Is authorized, providing new
revenue sources.
Construction Situation.
Here is the way the construc-
ton situation stands:
/. The budget request SUBJ
mitted today includes only two
major capital outlay amounts,
One is $5.3l5. 900 for water sys-
tenn Improvements. The other is
81 $685. 900 for highway improve
ments. Both these amounts will
be part Of the first years ex-
penditures in the 10-year works
plan. But neither depends for
financing upon the program -
each comes from existing reve-
nue. sources.
2. To add to these, however
the Commissioners want to ask
for a later appropriation OF
about $26> million after the works
program Is authorized. OF the
$26 million. about $18.8 million
Will be credited to the first
year of the 10-year program,
with the remainder being ap-
piled to part of the second
years expenditures.
The following is a breakdown
Of the 500 million to be requested
later. Of which $18,777,760 will
be actually spent during the first
year of the works program:
Highways, $4.693,OOO.
The largest single amount is
$2.394. 900 to build part of the
proposed Southwest Freeway
The freeway. following the line
of F. street S.W. and connecting
with a new bridge over the
Washington Channel to East
Potomac Park to link with the
existing Fourteenth street
bridges. is the next major High
way Department project after
the East Capitol street bridge.
The freeway would serve as part
of an inner loop to distribute
traffic around the congested CEN
ter of Washington.
The $2.394.0 900 would pay for
an elaborate interchange at
South Capitol street and con-
struction for the freeway be-
tween South Capitol and Fourth
streets S.W. This is the freeway
section which traverses the city's
pilot Area B redevelopment pro-
gram in the Southwest.
Other highway projects in
cluded are: $2.394,000 to pur-
chase right of way for another
portion Of the inner loop on the
south side of Florida avenue
from Sixth street NE. to r street
NV: 900 to plan the inner
loop stretch: 5000, 900. additional
planning money for a new Po-
tomac River central bridge. The
Highway Department wants to
build the bridge at E street NV.
Sanitary Sewers-$2,79O.OOO.
The new sewer work is pro-
posed at: Falls Branch. from
Massachusetts, avenue and
Forty-ninth street NV. to
Canal road, 1851 900; Polk street
NE, $4,000; additional sew
age treatment facilities, SIT
million: service sewers. $50. 900;
advance highway paving. $780,
600; miscellaneous, $4,000.
Stormwater Sewers-$3,336,0OO.
The projects include: Pail
sades. $4,000; lockwood park
way, $4,000: Nevada avenue.
100000; Myrtle street NV.
100000: Northwest boundary
(Florida avenue), $500. 900;
Easily Point (near Lincoln Me-
moriaD, 100000: Kansas ave-
nue.. $4,000; Emerson street
NV. ,$158,000: Michigan ave-
nue. valley, $137. 900: New York
avenue, 100000: Polk street
NE, $250,0O0; Watts branch
(near Deane avenue N.ED.
100000; East Capitol street
(near the new bridge ap-
proaches), $3.50, 900; miscellane-
Gus. $394.000.
General Fund Construction
$15,15S,76O.
This construction is broken
down into the following types:
Schools-S6, 983,76O.
Only $4.433.760 of this will be
applied to the first year of the
10-year works program. The $50
million breakdown includes:
Amidon- Greenleaf Elementary
School, plans and site, $597, 900;
Patterson Elementary School adj
dition. plans, construction and
equipment. 1926, 600; Draper
Elementary addition. plans. con-
struction and equipment, $685.
500.
Junior High School in vicinity
of Fourth street and Mississippi
avenue Sc, plans. construction
and equipment, $2.405. 800; jun
Tor High School in vicinity Of
FOrty-Second and Grant streets
NE. construction and equip
ment, $2.409. 200; Shepherd Ele-
mentary addition. plans, con-