Show 0 NATIONAL SYSTEM OF ROADS expert at national capital illustrates how scheme Is to be brought to successful end the establishment of a national system of highways Is greatly facilitated by the federal aid road law which compels airthea states th that would atwould share in its benefits and that means all of the states to equip themselves with state highway departments with these state high highway ivay departments devoting their attention to the building of state systems of main through line highways every condition Is favorable for the next nest and crowning act the establishment lish ment of a national system of highways by way of illustrating how a national system of highways is about to be evolved by easy and logical stages an expert at the national capital made the following statement gradually the state has made itself a compelling factor in the handling of local road problems and as a logical sequence the federal government first through educational activity and andlauer later by the financial aid provided by the federal aid law has made itself a powerful factor in the working out of the state highway problems the next logical step follows the same course which has been pursued by the state governments namely the broadening of federal participation to provide for the establishment of a system of national highways this policy can be put into effect without disturbance of existing organizations izat ions lons without providing new means of finance and with but little change in existing laws the process would logically take a course somewhat as follows 1 I 1 the state highway departments and the federal office of public roa roads ds would make an initial selection from existing state highway systems of those highways which fire are of interstate importance 2 A system thus selected would be approved by congress with the requirement qui rement that federal funds be applied only to such system on and after a specified date IT 3 the federal aid should be extended to maintenance as well as construction st as the national system of highways should have for all time a close relationship with the federal government ern ment some of the states already have made plans for utilizing the aid granted by the federal aid road act on roads which could not properly be included in a national system but this need F 1 4 awa r 4 taj concrete road in mississippi not cause extreme conflict as the federal funds for the first three or four years operation of the present act could could continue to be applied as now planned the appropriations for the first tio years are already available and considerable time necessary must elapse before the national system could be laid out and made ready for the application of federal funds in all probability the new scheme would come into effect as an extension of the present federal nid aid road act |