Dover/Kent County MPO

MPO opens comment period on updated FY 2015-18 TIP

2015-2018 TIP FULL DRAFT 9-3-2014

Dover/Kent County MPO opens public comment

period for an updated FY 2015-2018 Transportation Improvement Program
CAMDEN – Earlier this year, the Dover/Kent County MPO held a public comment period for its draft FY 2015-18 Transportation Improvement Program, or TIP. Since then, the Delaware Department of Transportation, which builds many of the state’s roads, saw some budgetary and project prioritization changes. These changes impacted some transportation project timelines, which therefore also impacted the MPO’s TIP.

There are still a number of road projects on the horizon within Kent County. Due to the changes, the MPO has revised its draft TIP for FY 2015-18 to reflect the budgetary and prioritization changes. This also means the MPO is issuing a new 30-day public comment period for the revised TIP that will start July 23 and end Aug. 22.

The TIP represents the first few years of the MPO’s long range Metropolitan Transportation Plan. Projects in the TIP are ones for which the Delaware Department of Transportation wants to secure federal funding. The TIP also serves as a budgetary guide for how much money will be spent on each project.

Some project highlights of the proposed TIP include:

• Design for the widening of U.S. 13 from two lanes to three lanes on both sides of the divided highway. The widening would occur between the Puncheon Run Connector in Dover and Walnut Shade Road in Woodside.

• The construction of the West Dover Connector.

• Grade-separated intersections along, Rt. 1 and Thompsonville Road (with construction scheduled for FY 15), Rt. 1 in Little Heaven (with construction scheduled for FY 16) and Rt. 1 in South Frederica (with construction scheduled for FY 17).

• Several safety projects, such as improvements at Glenwood Avenue in Smyrna.

• A roundabout at the Route 10/15 intersection west of Camden.

• Bridge rehabilitation projects throughout the county.

• The TIP includes additional transit vehicle purchases and replacements.