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Last Area

The last area concerns the neighborhood from
14th Street to 10½ Street. The proposed route
will more than double traffic volume in the Venable
school district with one pair of lanes running
adjacent to the school grounds.

It will again cut diagonally across two residential
blocks, this time between 12th and 10½ Streets.
It will undermine a valuable neighborhood, entirely
Negro, and affect six residences. It is expected
that these owners will have trouble finding
equivalent housing.

In summation, the group states that "Neighborhood
values and safety considerations are overwhelmingly
against a route. In the face of alternate
proposals it seems needlessly expensive, perhaps
unnecessary, in land acquisition and engineering
costs as well."