Evening star., 1955-01-17
Funds toBe Asked Soonto Start
Jones Point Bridge Planning
Supplemental $675, 900 Appropriation
During Current Fiscal Yeor Sought

be sent to Congress as q supple
mental appropriation request for
the current year ending June 80.
Oficials explained that this
would permit an earlier start on
planning than If the item simply
had been included in the reg
ular fiscal 1856 request trans
mitted today.
For Bulk Of Planning.
One informed source said the
$675, 600 should take care of the
bulk Of the planning for the
bridge authorized BY Congress
last August to be built at Fed
-erai expense. II the planning is
completed within the next year
or so, this official said. he hoped
another supplemental request
could be submitted for actual
construction funds during the
fiscal year starting July !.
Congress had instructed the
National Park Service to handle
the Jones Point project. Nor
mally, the Federal Bureau Of
Public Roads does the field PLAN
ming and construction for the
park service. Proposed legisla-
tion Is at the White House now.
1t was understood. which would
take the project completely out
of the hands Of park officials and
give it to the public roads group
Other Funds Requested.
on other major Federal nigh-
way and planning matters af-
fecting this area. meanwhile, the
new budget request today:
/. Asked $42l,576 for Park
Service grading and drainage
structures for extending the
George Washington Memorial
parkway on the Maryland side
Of the Potomac from the District
line to Cabin John, Md.
additional funds also were
asked for the Park Service, it
was learned, for "a grading the
George Washington parkway
extension from its present ter
minus at Chain bridge TO the
District line: t2) improving
Beach drive in Rock Greek Park
and CD providing an upriyer
ramp from Key bridge to the
George Washington Memorial
parkway on the Virginia side Of
the river. While funds were re-
quested which will permit these
projects, the money has not been
definitely allocated, but is ex-
pected to be within a day or SOD
2. Asked 100000 for operat-
ing expenses Of the National
Capital Planning Commission
and 100000 for acquisition Of
new park and parkway land.
The 100000 Planning Com
mission figure, $4,000 more
than the agency has this year,
would permit the commission to
increase its staff from 20 to 80
jobs.
Since tie commission and Its
sister agency. the new National
Capital Regional Planning Coun-
Gil. are served by a single tech
nical staff. this would permit
much more attention to be given
Washington regional planning
activities.
Breakdown Of Land Funds.
The 100000 for land acquisi-
ton BY the Planning Commits
sion breaks down like this:
1. $22s.00O to permit buying
Of land for the George Washing
ton Memorial parkway on the
Virginia side Of the Potomac as
far upriver as the Bureau Of
Public Roads Research Center in
Fairfax County. and TO complete
the parkway land acquisition on
the Maryland side Of the river all
the way to Great Falls.
2. $4,000 to buy new land for
extending the park system into
nearby Maryland. The new park
units TO be purchased would be
located In Paint Branch and
Little Falls Branch Park.
3. s54s.000 to be spent within
the District TO ~ buy land
which would serve as a connec-
ton between the new Washing
tom Baltimore parkway and the
proposed Anacostia parkway and
t2D buy several land parcels Ia
the path OF the proposed Fort
drive.