Are road projects keeping up with transportation needs?
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In a hearing this week, legislators were told that $277 million from the Transportation Trust Fund is proposed to go toward capital projects. Transportation secretary Shanté Hastings said the Camden bypass is open on the east side and that the western portion would be done in summer 2027. Also, Georgetown will soon see work on a bypass at the intersection of U.S. 113 and Del. 404. Do you think construction is moving quickly enough to keep up with demand? Do you envision travel improvements?
From the base to the beach, there needs to be three lanes on the north- and southbound sides of Del. 1. By the way, whoever came up with the bypass in Camden needs his or her head examined. It’s actually gotten worse. — Rick Kerchevall
The state should have kept the railroads. The Rails-to-Trails initiative ripped them up, and now, we have nothing to help with road traffic. — Warren Avis
I am 72, and I have witnessed so many road changes over the years. Now, it seems that so many roads are in horrible disrepair. It seems there’s never enough time or money to fix an ongoing road problem. In Delaware, with our very popular beach vacation spots, our roads are just wall-to-wall traffic. There’s potholes and collisions, and we keep adding more homes, more people, more road projects and problems. It’s never-ending. — Denise Bella
Though the construction is ongoing, it seems to take too long to finish a project. It also seems that the projects do not consider the future population. By the time a project is finished, it is outdated because more housing has been built. — John Drennen
Everywhere we go, we run into some kind of construction being done on our roads — for example, one lane closed, and traffic backed up. It’s frustrating, but it’s a necessity to deal with all the traffic being brought in by the numerous developments being built around us. We ask ourselves when it will all end. As long as these huge developments keep getting approved, it will never end. Building our infrastructure will be an attempt to stay on top of this, but it will be a never-ending battle. We need to stop approving these developments until infrastructure catches up. Hospitals are full. It’s harder than ever to get a doctor’s appointment. Schools are going to be overcrowded. Living in the Dover area since the 1970s, maybe it’s just me longing for the slower, less crowded scene. Growth is inevitable. I just think we are doing it too fast. —S.C. Sipple
