Dover/Kent County MPO

Public Advisory Committee to meet April 21

CAMDEN – The Dover/Kent County Metropolitan Planning Organization’s Public Advisory Committee will meet at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, April 21 at the Kent County Levy Court Administrative Complex.

PAC members are set to discuss and vote upon its recommendation to the MPO Council for the MPO’s draft Transportation Improvement Program for fiscal years 2016 through 2019. This document is undergoing a public comment period through the end of April.

PAC members also are set to vote upon two proposed amendments to the MPO’s FY 2015-2018 TIP. These amendments involve moving the right-of-way phase of the Rt. 1/Northeast Front Street grade-separated intersection project ahead of schedule from FY 2019 to FY 2016. Delaware’s Department of Transportation has money available to pay for right-of-way costs earlier than anticipated.

The other proposed TIP change involves the Rt. 1/Little Heaven grade-separated intersection. According to DelDOT’s financial information, the project’s cost has risen to the point that a MPO TIP amendment is necessary.

This meeting, which is open to the public, will be in Room 220 of the Levy Court Administrative Complex, located at 555 Bay Road in Dover. For more information, call the MPO at (302) 387-6030 or (302) 387-6026.