Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-08
Fiqhts Truck Freewoy

acquisition Tor the contro-
versial Interstate Route Sc
from the circumferential
beltway to Rosslyn and the
Theodore Roosevelt Bridge.
On June 5 they unveiled at q
hearing" their vague plan
for handling truck traffic by
connecting Route Sc with the
Three Sisters Bridge by way
of Spout Run with 8 lanes of
concrete and a mammoth in
terchange where Lorcom lane
joins the parkway. This link
is Route 266. a truck freeway!
This would be the first step
in completely running the
Potomac Palisades.
The Arlington County
Board recognizes the need
for a fresh look" at the
proposed Route. Sc. Route
266, and the Three Sisters
Bridge. and has asked the
Virginia Highway Depart
ment to withhold all action
on Route 266 Until the Ma
tional Capital Transportation
Agency submits its report to
the President on November /,
1862.
Anyone who lives in the
Lorcom Lane area Of Airing
ton, or is familiar with this
residential area, as well as
the very beautiful park land
known as Potomac Palisades,
which it is proposed shall be
devoured BY Route 266, can
understand why Arlington
citizens are up in arms"
over such a CHASTITY and
ridiculous proposal. 1t is pros
posed that Route 266 shall be
constructed in the Potomac
Palisades beginning in an
area known as Spout Run
and spreading into a lovely
park land consisting of ap-
proximately 200 acres, which
affords the citizens of the
area as well as all Of Airing
ton the many enjoyments of
this National Park Service
Parkway. Route 266 would
not only devour this desirable
parkway but would also
take" many fine homes as
well as historical ones.
Interior Secretary Udall
recently asked Congress to
create a $500 million land
conservation fund for the
purchase Of additional forest
and wildlife lands and new
park and recreation areas.
So. on the one hand VIZ
have Secretary Udall asking
for $500 million to buy parE
sites, and on the other hand
the Virginia State Highway
Department would lay waste
to 200 acres of beautiful park
land in Arlington, Virginia
for 8 lanes of concrete fol
trucks.
There Is not a sufficient
number of trucks enterinl
the Metropolitan Area O.
Washington to require an 8.
lane truck spur off the pro.
posed Route Sc. Where il
this whole Nation would such
an elaborate truck spur b,
necessary? In addition II
this. the trucking industr.
schedules its transports to es
cape the rush-hour city traf
fic, as it is important to tn,
trucking industry that thei
shipments not be SLOWED
down by the complication
involved by thousands o
people driving to or from
their places Of work.
Lee Highway is present..
carrying truck traffic will
good success. and Key Bridg
is handling this truck traffi
with just as much success.
If Arlington is toServe onl
as a medium for the trans
portation of automobiles an
trucks, and If the Nation
Capital is to serve only as
mass of concrete in the ide
ology that an automobile ha
the right of preference il
this entire Nation, then
curb must be placed imme
diately upon automobile.
highways, parking lots, an
the like, to halt the inroad
they are making into tn
natural beauty of our parks
rivers, cities and towns. VIII
do city and county planner.
and members of Congress
seem to give preference to
car over a lazy canal or tn
enjoyable and scenic beaut
Of acres of wooded park lane
particularly in the grea
Capital of the world?