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, CdHTOSION AT THE CROSSROADS?This confMthi is holrtr relieved is North Carolina communities by the construction of limited access highways which provide for the free flow of traf le wthout the penalties of uncontrolled entrsre and exits. The (tore uncontrolled ribbon roadside development necessitated the ronstruction of this major route throuth the Piedmont on a new location. Red Light For Action LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) ? The traffic light was green but a wo man stopped at the intersection anyway, blocking a long line of impatient, motorists. When the light changed the women made a right turn. A pedestrian came up with the apparent reason: A sign at the intersection in structed: "Stop. Turn right on red." Not a word about doing any thing on green. Limited - Access Highways Said Greatest Improvement In Highway Engineering RALEIGH?What is a Limited Access highway? Highway Chair man A. H. Graham today explained that "it is the greatest single en gineering improvement in highway planning and design of the last 35 years. The controlled or limited ac cess highway is the highway of the future. .It is in the public interest and in high public demand. Com mon sense has convinced us that it is no longer a luxury but a life preserving necessity." A limited access highway is one whose side entrances and exits are limited to predetermined safe points. The safety of a highway de pends as much on the roadside con ditions as on the design, align ment and sight distance of the pavement itself, he added. Limited access is a means of building safety and permanence into modern, high-speed highways. It is a-way of preventing uncon trolled roadside development from strangling highway routes, and of protecting motorists from ihe haz ard of unexpected traffic darting in from side roads. A recent survey showed that in North Carolina the four-lane di vided highway with limited adcess is 34 per cent safer than the same highway without control of access. This has also been confirmed on a national scale through a survey made by the U. S. Bureau of Public Roads which showed that limited access roads (rural) had only one third the rate of fatal accidents and only one-half the rate of other accidents as compared to open ac cess highways ? proving that con trolled entrances and exits are Im portant safety factors. The greatest benefit to be deriv ed from any highway improvement is the saving of lives. Limited ac cess roads contribute favorably to ward this goal. Limited access does not mean "no access" nor does it mean "no de velopment". It does not abridge the histpric right of property-owners of free access to highways?it merely changes the concept. The principal features of a limit ed access highway are: few inter sections at grade; parallel frontage roads (service roads) for local, low speed traffic; improved sight dis tances; and safe entrances and ex its. These features serve to pro duce a steady, uninterrupted traffic flow to protect the lives and prop erty of adjacent owners, and to facilitate local community traffic movement. An official survey showed that lack of limited access cuts the car rying-capacity of a rural highway by 50 per cent and the average speed by 30 per cent. On urban and city locations, the figure climbs to a 70 per cent reduction i* carry ing-capacity and a 50 per cent re duction in speed. The standard 24-foot wide pave-" ment of modern grade and align ment (curve), without limited ac cess, can accommodate as many as 4.000 vehicles per day?safely and conveniently. A dual-laned high way of 24-foot wide pavement can move 12,000 vehicles per day in safety. However, when limited ac cess is added to this dual-lane)! highway, the carrying-capacity is increased from 20,000 to 40.000 ve hicles per day. Besides providing for the safe movement of large volumes of traf fic, a limited access route adds permanency to road location and consequently increases the eco nomic value of surrounding busi ness communities. The open-access highway invites traffic strangula tion and necessitates the relocation of the road and important busi nesses. A good example of a limited ac cess highway which performs the above functions well is the dual laned stretch of US 29 and 70 through the populous and heavily industrialized Piedmont from Lex ington to Greensboro ? bypassing Thomasville and High Point. The application of limited access on this route has eliminated haphazard traffic patterns, driver fatigue, needless congestion, and has re duced accidents. In turn. It has added efficient traffic movement, permanency of highway location, orderly distribu tion of business centers, and a high degree of operating safety to local and through vehicular traffic. Want ad^ bring quick results DESIGNED FOR EFFICIENCY?This broad dual-laned, limited ac cess expressway near Lexington on VS 29 and 70 provides for the movement of Ur*e volumes of traffic with safety and dispatch. The nearby factories, schools and homes are easily accessible through 1 *>9 ? well-Integrated system of paved parallel service road*. A reoent survey showed that this typo of modern highway with limited ao ceas la 34 per cent safer than the same highway with no oontrol of access or entrances. 16 From Haywood Will Get WCC Diplomas On Monday Sixteen Haywood County stu dents will receive degrees at West ern Carolina College at final Com mencement exercises in Hoey Audi torium at ten o'clock Monday morn ing, May 28. Those receiving the Bachelor of Science degree are: Ray Eugene Buchanan. Route 1. Waynesville, business administration; George Robert Owen, 210 Walnut Street, Waynesville, business administra tion; Carroll Dean Swanger, 137 Richland Street, Hazelwood, busi ness administration; Gerald Webb, Route 1. Clyde, biology and chem istry. The following will receive the Bachelor of Science in Education: O. V. Cagie, Jr., Hazelwood, indus trial arts and science; Julia Ann Calhoun, 603 N. Main St.. Waynes ville, art and physical education; Mary Jo Cole, Clyde, home eco nomics; Nancy Reeves Francis. Waynesville, music education; Har riett Brown Gibson, Waynesville, art and physical education; Joseph Glenn Hipps, Lake Junaluska, phy sical education and industrial arts; Mattie Sue Medford, Route 4, Waynesville, primary education; ?' / ' ' ' '' j Ruth Mincey Painter, Route 1. Waynesville, primary education; Terry Carl Swanger, Hazelwood. physical education and business education; Craig Johnson Whit mire, Jr., 59 N. Main Street, Can ton, science with chemistry con centration. Candidates for the Master of Arts degree in education are Charles Henderson puckett, 1103 N. Main Street, Waynesville; and Lela Kirkpatrick Messer, Waynes ville. Clyde Clean-Up Campaign Set For May 28 - June 2 The Town of Clyde has declared the week of May 28-June 2 to be clean-up week, 'according to alder man Lester Ward. In urging every resident to par ticipate, he stated that the garbage truck would be available to anyone who would call the Town Hall re questing a special pick-up. All trash and garbage should be put out where the truck can collect It, be said. Uae Mountaineer Want Ada THIS WEEK'S BEST SELLERS FICTION The Last Hurrah, Edwin O'Con nor. Imperial Wowa, Pearl S. Buck. Auntie Marat, Patrick Dennis. Ten Nurtk Firderlck. John O'Hara, Anderaonville, MacKlnlay Kan tor. NONFICTION The Search For Bridey Murphy. Morey Bernstein. A Nicht To Eemember, Walter Lord. Gift From The See, Anne Mor row Lindbergh. 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