Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-21
Employees Draft
Proposals for
Roads Bourd

The Outer Circumferential
freeway and the Northern Park
way are among major highways
which the Maryland-Natlonal
Capital Park and Planning Com
mission is expected to push for
inclusion in the States 12-year
road program.
Commission employees have
been working feverishly the last
few weeks preparing recomnien-
Idations to be submitted 10 the
Maryland State Roads Commits
sion.
The roads agency already has
included many of the projects
proposed in the planners master
plan of highways adopted in
1852. But the commission feels
that the constantly increasing
auto registrations require it to
press for a speedup of some Of
these projects while urging in
Iclusion of several others.
Two Major Factors
The present efforts have been
prompted by two major factors.
First was the recent passage Of
the Federal Highway Aid Bill
which, over the next Is years. is
expected to pour some $3.50 mil
lion in Federal funds into the
State.
Second and especially in light
lof the Federal aid bill passage,
lis that next January the State
Legislature will review the IL
year program.
The Legislature, when it passed
the $3.50 million 12-year plan in
1858, provided for a full review
at the end of the first four years.
Commission members and staff
employees have been especially
close-mouthed about their pre-
posals.
They feel that the roads
agency should have time to study
the recommendations before they
are made public.
Nevertheless, it can be fairly
we'll established that certain pro-
jects will be included among the
recommendations.
Both in Category
! The Outer Circumferential
freeway and the Northern Park
way are in this category,
| Neither is in the 12-year pro-
gram.
The Outer freeway would ex-
tend from the Potomac River
near Potomac, across Mont
gomery County. passing near
Montrose road, Glenmont, Fair
land and Muilkirk to route 3Ol.
Just south of its intersection with
route so.
The Northern Parkway would ex-
tend from Montgomery Hills,
Just north of Silver Spring, to the
Howard County line and route
40.
i Providing another route to
Baltimore, it also would serve
as a major link for traffic be-
tween the proposed Sixteenth
street extension and the inner
county belt route. 1t would run
along the west side of Sligo
Greek Park.
Speedup on construction Of the
latter route also is likely to be
urged. The planners. without
doubt, will ask the roads agency
ito preserve funds for construction
of the proposed Cabin John
bridge.
Inner Link
The bridge will link the inner
circumferential in Maryland and
Virginia. Virginia authorities are
working hard to reserve the
right of way for the inner belt
on their side of the Potomac.
The Importance of the inner
circumferential and Cabin John
Bridge has been magnified BY
the planned movement of major
Federal installations, such as the
Atomic Energy Commission and
the Central Intelligence Agency,
into the suburban counties.
Also slated for promotion by
the planners is East-West high
way, now a cross-country route
from Bethesda to Hyattsville
that is labyrinth of winding,
twisting, fic-clogged residen-
tial streets.
Defense Highway
Another road almost certain
to be included in recommends
tons for dualization and mod
ernization is the twisting and
narrow Defense highway, or
U. S. Route so.
Another highway in this same
category in Prince Georges
County is Landover road that is
a major link connector between
the Hyattsville- Bladensburg area
and the county Court House at
Upper Marlboro.
The same will hold true for
George Palmer highway, a link
between Defense highway and
Seat Pleasant.