THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 2093

No. 15
(House Joint Resolution 7)

A Joint Resolution relating to parks and recreational areas,
and access thereto.

WHEREAS, the people of Maryland need opportunities for
outdoor recreational activities at locations accessible to them,
a need which will probably increase due to travel restrictions
resulting from the national preparedness program; and

WHEREAS, the proper development of parks and recreational
facilities for use by the people of Maryland and people of
neighboring states will provide the State with a previously
unrealized source of economic wealth which would contribute
substantially to the prosperity of those areas in which such
facilities would be fully developed or newly located; and

WHEREAS, the State Roads Commission has never allocated
any funds under their control for the development of access
roads to State parks and recreational facilities, nor has that
Commission developed or established any continuing program
for the building of access roads to State parks and recreational
facilities; and

WHEREAS, while the State of Maryland owns thousands of
acres of attractive, scenic park land, which are important and
valuable assets belonging equally to all people of the State,
these areas are totally inadequate because: they have not been
adequately developed and lack the facilities necessary for a
well-rounded recreation program; they do not have the high-
ways necessary to make them accessible to the people; and
they are poorly distributed throughout the State to the extent
that such areas on the Eastern Shore, Southern Maryland and
Central Maryland, have almost no such facilities; and

WHEREAS, while a study of the recreational potentialities of
Western Maryland, requested by the Senate at the 1950 Special
Session, will be undertaken by the State Planning Commission
as soon as funds are made available, there has been no overall
review of, or preparation of a plan for the development of
existing and potential park and recreational facilities through-
out the entire State; now therefore be it

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EXPLANATION: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.

[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.
Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.