Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-07-10
Cabin John Brookmont
Cabin n-BroOkmOnt
Parkway
Truck Ban
Promised
BY Naomi L. Wood
Oliver 2.Q524

BY Naomi L.. WOO0
Oliver 2-9584
THE only trucks you will see
on the George Washington Me.
mortal Parkway will be certain
Park Service maintenance vehi.
cles." That is the word from Mr..
Elwood Rensch of the National
Capital Park and Planning Com
mission.
Pathways are for passenger
carrying vehicles" he explained
to the Cabin John Park Associ-
alton members at their meeting
of June IL. He told the story of
a park policeman who stopped
a pickup on parkway and said
no trucks were allowed. This
isn't a truck, it's a pickup"
claimed the aggrieved driver.
Pickup WHAT?" demanded the
officer. Pickup truck" acknowl.
edged the offender.
Buses, incidentally, are "pas-
senger-carrying vehicles" within
the meaning of the act. Conse-
.quently, transit buses will be able
to use the roadway. The Cabin
John streetcar line, which will
have to be taken over for part OF
the roadway before two lanes
can be built, can thus be replaced
by bus line without having to
run on Macarthur Boulevard
This knowledge is a great relief
to residents of the Cabin John
area, since buses on Macarthur
are restricted by reason of the
aqueducts running under the
roadway.
All this is still pretty much in
the future, according to Mr..
Rensch. Only one roadway is be-,
ing graded under the present con-
tract. If Congress is quick about
passing appropriations for an
other, grading for it will be done
before any contract for paving is
let. tThis is like the large econ
omy size: cheaper per unit If
Congress fingers. however the
one roadway will be paved, with
a completion date of 1861 taking
the road as far as Anglers Inn.
Access to the parkway itself
and to the canal and riverside
recreation areas, a burning issue
among Association members, got
plenty of attention at the meet
ing. Among other things, Mr.
Rensch indicated that roads will
lead onto the parkway from
Broolumont at Little Falls Park
way, at Glen Echo Amusement
Park, at Cabin John Gardens, and
via cloverleaf at the proposed
Cabin John Bridge. Pedestrian &C.
cess to the river will be provided
at least at Brookmont, Sycamore
Island, Glen Echo and Cabin John
The Park Service hopes that there
will be very much the same access
to the recreation areas as there
is now.
The Park Service also intends
to put up four or six-foot fences
as necessary along the parkway,
especially where there are chill
dren. Mr.. Rensch seemed a bit
sensitive about fences, which had
evidently been a sore point in
the development of the Washing.
ton-Baltimore Parkway.
People were opposed to them
at first" he explained, ''but now
they are hollering for more
1t was evident that Cabin John
residents, or at least Citizens AS
ISOLATION members, have quite
a different view, and are quite
ready to holler for more before
any have been put up at all
("I can't have MORE tea" com.
planned Alice, at that famous tea
party with the Halter and the
March Hare: Il haven't had ANY
yet" Then you can't have
LESS" argued the March Hare.)
Fire trucks will have access to
the new parkway for emergency
runs, Mr.. Rensch explained, much
to the relief Of Fire Department
members.
And another cheering note, for
landowners: Land values along
the Baltimore Washington Park.
way increased 60 percent in the
period since the parkway opened.
c. u. Alumni Install
Three Montgomery County re-
sidents were installed officers of
the Washington Chapter of the
Catholic University of America
Alumni Association during a pic
mic held recently at the Univer.
sity. They are Charles F. Wild.
ing of Silver Spring, president;
George Elliott of Rockville, LIST
vice president; and Edward B.
Veihmeyer of Silver Spring. End
vice president.
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