Evening star., 1961-12-09

in 1880 and $4,000 in the year
2000-the growth of apartment
construction is to be expected.
The planners cite high land
costs, higher cost Of houses, in
creasing numbers of young
couples and elderly in the
counties population compost
tion will mean 80 per cent of
the housing units in Mont
gomery County and 40 per cent
in Prince Georges will be
apartments in 1880.
Main corridors Of develop
ment in Montgomery County
would shoot out to Rockville,
Gaithersburg and Germantown
and out to Laurel and Fairland
area in the eastern section of
the county.
In Prince Georges
Corridor development In
Prince Georges would shoot out
to the Belair and Lanham area
and another would grow south
ward to Henson Creek, Clinton
and Brandywine.
The new zones for large acre
residential use would be aimed
for the Potomac Md area in
Montgomery County, the upper
Rock Creek area, the North
west Branch section and in the
area around Bowie, the Ran
dolph Hills-Largo area. and
along the Potomac River from
Broad Greek to Fort Washing
ton and the lower Piscataway
area.
Staff members of the Mary
land National Capital Plan
ming Commission and consul
tants Harland Bartholomew &
Associates drew up the master
plan. 1t follows the pattern
suggested by the Year 1000
Plan which has been accepted
by the National Capital Plan
ming Commission and the Ma
tional Capital Regional Plan
ming Council.
Mr.. Bartholomew, in making
yesterdays presentation, refer
red to recent watershed plans
drawn up for the Rockville,
upper Rock Creek watershed
and the Gaithersburg areas.
These plans were criticized
by Montgomery County Coun-
Gil members who claimed the
plans would harm the corridor
concept and mean continued
urban sprawl,
For Adjustments
These areas, Mr.. Bartholo-
NEW said, should be included
in the new zoning patterns sug-
gested by the long-range BIZ
county master plan.
/ Part of the Rockville. Olney
and Gaithersburg areas should
be included in the natural re-
sources zone and the large resi-
dental tract zones. he said.
Consequently he recommended
that adjustments be made in
the watershed plans to meet
the new requirements.
The watershed plans threat
ened to cause a split among
members of the county coun-
Gil and the planning commits
sion.
But following terday's
presentation. Mrs. Stella Wer-
ner. outSpoken council member
who had opposed the earlier
plans, said the new plan sub
stantiates the position taken by
the majority of the council"
Mrs. Werner said she feels
the new plan will probably
bring the council and planning
commission members closer to-
gether in their thinking.
| Costlier Homes
| Among the future develop
ments in the area are these:
A satellite campus" is
planned by the University Of
Maryland near White Oak to
accommodate a doubled en-
rollment expected in the next
eight years.
The average cost of an FHA
home - now $4,000 in the
region - will Jump to $50, 900
by 1880, giving apartment de-
velopment an impetus.
Employment in the bi-coun-
ty region will Jump from the
present $4,000 to $4,000 by
1880.
Parkland needs by the year
1000 will require a total of
$4,000 acres to provide for
recreational and buffer zones.
This compares to about 14.500
acres now in parkland.
Dairying in Montgomery
County and tobacco farming
in Prince Georges will con-
tinue to be important argri-
cultural activities.
The first open meeting for
public discussion of the new
master plan will be held
Wednesday at 8:15 pm. at the
NARROW Heights Community
Building sponsored by the
Prince Georges County League
of Women Voters.