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and Planning Commission follc
over whether the parkway shoulC
connect with Fairfax road anC
| an extension of Glenbrook road
After listening to more argu'
ments on the issue for nearly
two hours during its meeting il
Riverdale. the planners tossed
part of the problems into the lar
of the National Capital Plan
ming Commission.
At the same time. the Mary
land agency got an extension
until May 10 on the deadline fol
final action on a $4,000 low
+ bid for constructing the parkway
! leg from River road to Bradle!
boulevard. The original deadlin'
had been tomorrow.
At issue before the overall
/ planning agency will be thu
proposal of the Montgomer!
County Council for construction
of a northeast parkway exten
sion via Hillandale road and VIII
lett parkway.
Planners Action Awaited
Four commission member
voted against the contract aware
on grounds they wanted to wal
| for National Capital PLANNING
Commission approval Of the Hill
landale road connection. Thes,
were Commissioners Donald E
Gingery and Arnold B. Mckee
of Montgomery County, and Alv;
II. Bender and Carlton E. PyleS
commission chairman. of Princ'
Georges County.
Sidney M. Oliver. vice chair
man, park commissioner. ant
the third Montgomery Count,
member, and Herbert w. Wells
the third Prince Georges repre-
sentative. were in favor of lettinI
the contract now.
/ With its rejection. however
Mr.. Oliver moved immediatel
that the NCPC be asked to pu
1t on the agenda for its meetinI
next Thursday and Friday. Thi
will give the Maryland commits
sion time to reconsider the pro
posal at its next meeting May
in Silver Spring. Following thi
decision Mr. Oliver produced
letter from the Francis o. Da
Co., Inc. Of Rockville. the lo'
bidder. offering to extend tn
contract acceptance date to Ma
10.
Not in Bid Project
The Hillandale road link I
Bradley boulevard is not part {
the project for which bids wei
received. Commission staff aide
estimated this would cost an ao
ditional $4,000 including eng
neering fees. The project. as pre-
posed. would empty the park
way traffic into Glenbrook roa
at the Bradley boulevard inter
section and at Fairfax road.
That is the plan which o
Tuesday drew support of I'll
county council, except for tw
members. But 1t is the one tn;
has been under the heaviest Al
from home owners in the neart
areas.
An audience Of some go pei
sons showed up for yesterday
meeting, with all but handfl
there as opponents Of the pro
ect. This drew criticism frol
Mr.. Oliver, both at the ope
hearing and the commission
deliberations afterwards.
Il could very easily have hs
400 persons here today in fav,
OF it had I known all the
people would be here" he sal
AS 1t was. the only person WI
argued on behalf OF the Glei
brook road connection was Ma
Gen. Russell B. Reynolds.
spokesman for the Kenwood Cit
zens Association.
Gen. Reynolds said the Bethe
da-Chevy Chase Chamber
Commerce had voted in favor
the Glenbrook connection. al
added II also was favored by fol
service clubs Of the area al
two civic groups. Others wi
backed it. he said, are the ride
of the 1900 cars which now wer
their way daily over Kennel
drive TO and from Bradley boul
ward.
Opposition Heard
Principal spokesman for d
opposition was John S. Wal
er, OF the Glenbrook Area Hon
Owners Association. He said
represented more than 10
homeowncrs He repeated me
OF the arguments made duril
>previous appearances before 4
planning agency and the coun