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Lewes residents urge faster work on US 9/Kings Highway; DelDOT restates schedule ties to prioritization
Summary
During public comment at the Feb. 24, 2020 Council on Transportation meeting, residents urged DelDOT to expedite US 9/Kings Highway work; DelDOT staff said project timing follows the council-approved prioritization and that preliminary engineering is scheduled for FY23.
During the public-comment period of the Council on Transportation meeting on Feb. 24, 2020, residents and stakeholders urged DelDOT to accelerate work on the US 9/Kings Highway corridor and other local projects.
Jay Tomlinson, a Lewes resident, asked the council to review the US 9 and Kings Highway project and consider expediting it. Chairman Ted Williams and DelDOT planning staff responded that the council relies on the adopted prioritization process for rankings and that, according to the previously approved Capital Transportation Plan, preliminary engineering for the project was scheduled to begin in fiscal year 2023.
Mary Roth, chair of Historic Lewes Bi-Way, asked that Kings Highway and Gills Neck Road work follow the Master Plan and context-sensitive design and urged that roadwork occur prior to further development. Chairman Williams said questions about development timing relative to roadwork would need to be addressed with Sussex County.
D.J. Hughes reported that construction funding for the Kings Highway project in FY26 had been $1 million and that, with department assistance, it is now $5.5 million; he also raised concerns about Cave Neck Road, Hudson Road and Sweetbriar Road and asked whether alternative funding could speed delivery. DelDOT planning staff said recent restriping on one corridor was a temporary measure and reaffirmed that the project is included in the CTP. Chairman Williams cautioned that re-running the prioritization could reorder projects and push some far back in the sequence.
The minutes record these public comments and agency responses but do not record any immediate change to project schedules or funding allocations.
