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An Independent Semi-Weekly Newtpoper Devoted to the Interest of Centrol and Northern British Columbia
Vol. 35;    No. 33
Prince George, B.C.,  MONDAY,  April 28, 1952
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$30,000 Granted For 'Fringe Area1 Roads
J2-Block Tract Will Be Developed Soon
Residents of the Prince George Regulated Area around the perimiterof the city will be driving on more and smoother roads this summer as a result of a special $30,000 Public Works Department grant.        |�-----------------------------------
1,   L)   Godfrey, divisional pub-jsame basls as on highways and announced'country roads     and ^unds came
Mr works   engineer,...............
before  npon  tod*y  that out of \het annual    maintenance
appropriation for the district. Mr. Godfrey said that consider-lmprovement of the existing
shortly before npon his department will get a $15,000 grant to improve existing roads in Central and South Fort George and in the Van-Bow area, and another $15,000 grant to construct new roads in an unsettled 12-block area in Central Port George.
After the roads have been constructed, it is expected a reserve on the land will be lifted and residential development will be permitted.
Until the special grant was made for the "fringe area" this year, road Improvements and maintenance  were  done on the
roads would result from the special grant.
174 Feared Lost In Mid-Atlantic Collision
WASHINGTON, April 28  had no intention of becoming the political leader of the party.
He said he planned to tour most of the province before the June 12
be arranged.
Alto., has been a member of parliament for MkLeod since 19351