As traffic goes, Millsboro is one of the busiest — and often most congested — municipalities Downstate. And the town’s north-south/east-west intersection at U.S. 113 and Del. 24 is a perfect example. To ease backups, in late January, the Delaware Department of Transportation completed its reconfiguration and sequencing of the crossroad’s signals.
- They still need to fix the roads. My shocks and tires hate it here. — Dana Godwin
- If tourists would stop moving here, it wouldn’t be bad at all. Quit moving to Delaware. It’s full. — Billy Bradford
- Tell Sussex County zoning and planning to stop allowing building on farmlands and wetlands. — Christopher Booth
- I like the new pattern. But what I would suggest is that you run two cycles headed west. When I was in Wilmington the other day, there was a very busy intersection such as this, and the traffic on the one side went, then the other side. Then, the first side again. If that makes sense. I did notice the other day, when I was in town, the traffic was backed up, or they could just let the westbound side go longer than the eastbound side. — Kimberly Grise Bacon
- Traffic light patterns won’t change much if you are still pushing the same enormous amount of traffic through a four-lane highway. There is a need to add a third lane on the north- and southbound lanes through the town. A six-lane highway will allow more traffic through the town. — Elbert Collins Jr.
Crime decreasing in Dover
Sixty shooting incidents occurred during 2020, including nine homicides, in the city of Dover. Last year, three people died among 47 shootings in Delaware’s capital city. Since 2019 in Dover, burglaries dropped from 90 to 62 to 44 annually. Robberies fell to 20 in 2021, a significant reduction from the 51 in 2019. And as the number of felonies dropped, the percentage of those that police cleared increased markedly.
- Thank you, Dover Police Department, and all who make Dover a safe place to live and shop! You are appreciated. — Chris Wolf
