Drivers can now travel from the Christiana Mall to the Milton area without encountering any traffic signals. The Delaware Department of Transportation opened the new realignment Monday afternoon for Del. 1 northbound at Bowers Beach Road. Southbound access followed by Monday evening.
The opening means drivers can now hop off Del. 1 and onto Bowers Beach Road, while those simply passing by can continue through the Little Heaven area without stopping.
• But you’ll still get slowed down. going past Milford. — Scott Clegg
• I work from home during the week so I am only out and about on weekends. It’s a literal pain. And midday when my husband heads to work at 3 p.m. he has to leave so early. I get they are easing traffic for beachgoers but they have totally inconvenienced the ones who live here. — Mandi Mendoza
• Something like this is needed on 113 to get through Milford, Georgetown and Millsboro. — Suzanne Piccione Green
• That’s great, but try getting in and out of Barrett’s Chapel - not easy anymore. — Sharon Greenfield Cohee
• Or Highpoint. First it was open. Now it’s closed again! — Mary Jo Hillman
• It was easy enough getting in, just an extra left turn coming in from Route 1 southbound, but much less traffic after that turn. As soon as they finish the northbound construction, it will be much easier to get to 1 northbound. — Debra Brown Nicol
• When this project first started, the cemetery was supposed to have its own exit lane by the office to merge you into traffic going north. Not sure what happened. — William Pippin
• Obliterated all memories of the once Rainbow Inn. It’s like if you told someone about it, they wouldn’t even believe you! — Laura Wisk
• Traffic lights are only part of the problem. Delaware Route 1 simply cannot handle the influx of beach traffic from mid-spring to mid-fall. There is simply not enough lanes. It needs to be three lanes from the Christiana Mall to the beach. This was needed 10 years ago. I guarantee you it’s still going to be the biggest East Coast concrete parking lot it’s always been until the capacity issue is addressed. — Shawn Knox
• Now people can get to the traffic jam at Five Points more quickly. — Dave McGuigan
• It is OK but I sure hope they go back and do something with the first mile or so north of the overpass. So rough I nearly spilled my coffee while driving through last night. — Timmy Harmon
• Hopefully now you can remove the road blocks and the detours that reroute you into closed roads with zero flaggers for help. — Logan French
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