Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-30
Bethesda Asks
Traffic Plan 10
Cost 81 Million
Businessmen Submit
Ambitious Proposal
To County Council

Montgomery County should
spend 81 million in the next year
to stimulate circulation Of traffic
and provide parking lots in the
Bethesda shopping area.
Roger w. Eisinger, jr.. chair
man of the Bethesda Chamber
of Commences Parking Lot Com
mittee. yesterday presented to
the County Council an ambitious
plan calling for widespread street
improvements and relocations.
Were stymied for parking in
Bethehda," he told the council.
THE areas on the verge Of
tremendous growth and may be-
come as great as Silver Spring. :"
The committees plan calls for
the abandonment Of Forty
sixth and Forty-seventh streets;
the widening of Arlington ave-
nue. between Bethesda ave-
nue. and Old Georgetown
road; creation Of railroad
underpass at Reed street; extern
sion of Woodmont street to Brad
ley lane and, the widening OF
Auburn, Delray and Fairmont
avenues between Old George
town road and Wisconsin ave-
nue..
Pearl q Through Street
Pearl street would become a
through street, paralleling Wis
consin avenue. This would re-
lieve traffic pressure on Wiscon-
sin avenue and permit shoppers
to move about the business dis
trict.
Mrs. Stella Werner. a council
member, chided the chamber
group for attempting to expand
the commercial area in the east
ern section of the shopping dis
trict while development lags in
The Woodmont Triangle between
Old Georgetown road and Wis
consin avenue.
use up the area Zoned COM
mercial," she advised. The OFF,
cial concurred with Mr.. Eisinger
that businessmen winning ex-
emptions from parking-lot as
sessments are lowering receipts
used to finance purchase OF
parking areas.
The chamber, plan, which also
proposes establishment of seven
new parking areas, will be turned
over to the Maryland National
Capital Park and Planning Com
mission for review.
Two Hearings Set
/ The council set two public
hearings for April 10.
At 1:45 pm. a hearing will be
held on the purchase from Mr.,
and Mrs. John A. Nipple of a
tract in Chevy Chase for a park
ing lot. The purchase price is
$4,000.
At 3 pm. a hearing will be
held on the councils proposal to
change the effective date of the
temporary zoning ordinance for
Upper Montgomery County from
May 2 to September Is. Mrs
Werner and j. Grahame Walker
council president. opposed chang
ing the effective date.
The council approved plans
for abandoning a portion of the
Brookeville- Tenleytown road ir
Silver Spring after Mason
Butcher, director of public
works, explained that the road
has only a 30-foot right of way
and eventually will be shut of
when the Maryland Roads Com
mission builds an interchange
on the southeast leg of the new
Route $40 at East-West High
way. near Grubb pad.
Job Freeze Relaxed
Abandoning all pretense oil
maintaining the job freeze il
ordered on February 8, the coun-
Gil authorized the filling oil
dozens of Jobs in the county
government. ranging from mai
clerks to highway engineers.
Police promotional examina.
tons will be held for the next
three days. Taking the tests
will be aspirar1ts for the cap.
taincy created by the promotion
yesterday of Capt. Carroll v
Miller to the rank Of inspector
The council appropriated $685.
$50 for construction of a new
animal shelter.
Improvement of Bonifant
street and Second avenue in
Silver Spring was authorized by
the Council. The project will
cost the county SIS, 800 and abut-
ting property owners in the areas
affected $22,5S0.
Another project calls for i'm.
provement of portions Of Fer
street and Price avenue ir
Wheaton. Auditing propertie.
will be assessed $23, 900, while
the county will contribute $4,54(
toward the cost.