Dover/Kent County MPO

FY2016-2019 TIP: Public comment period to run for proposed amendment, Glenwood Avenue project

The Dover/Kent County Metropolitan Planning Organization is seeking public comment on a proposed amendment to its FY 2016-2019 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP). This comment period will start on Tuesday, Sept. 8 and end on Thursday, Oct. 8.

The proposed amendment calls for the removal of a project on Route 300, Glenwood Avenue, in Smyrna. This project’s scope called for revisions to several existing commercial entrances, channelization of some entrances, the installation of a new traffic signal and a myriad of revisions for signs and stripes on the road.

Delaware’s Department of Transportation had put the road in its 2009 Hazard Elimination Program, citing improvements were needed to revise the commercial entrances through the corridor to reduce the severity and frequency of crashes.

In March, DelDOT decided to withdraw the intended project following a February public workshop in Smyrna where community members, Smyrna police and town officials opposed the work and asked DelDOT to reassess the safety needs for the area. After reassessing the project as requested,  DelDOT’s  findings indicated that the project was no longer necessary.

The Dover/Kent County MPO is running a public comment period on the removal of the project because the project is listed in its TIP in addition to DelDOT’s Capital Transportation Program (CTP). Projects listed in the TIP must also appear in the CTP.

Further information regarding the proposed TIP amendment is available for view as FULL FY2016-2019 TIP AMENDED 9-2-2015 PENDING . For more information, or to comment on the application, call (302) 387-6026 or (302) 387-6030. E-mailed comments go to kate.layton@doverkentmpo.org.