Funds Seen Hastening Freeway Construction
A speed-up in construction of both the Southwest Freeway and the Anacostia Freeway will be possible if Congress votes additional Federal highway funds as-an anti-recession measure, District Highway Director J. N. Robertson said yesterday.</br></br>The District would receive å£$1.3 million more in fiscal 1959, "added to an already allocated $12.4 million, according to</br></br>Robertson. In fiscal 1960, the District would be allocated $3.1 million in addition 'to $12.4 million already earmarked, he said.</br></br>These District allotments are contained in $1.1 billion in interstate road funds authorized by the Senate Public Works Committee to combat the economic slump.</br></br>The $30 million Southwest Freeway, started last summer, originally was expected t.o take three years to finish. The $28 million Anacostia Freeway, set for completion in 1961, would be part of an eastern bypass of central Washington.