Fueling the Future Event to Take Place in May
University of Delaware releases bikeability assessment tool
The University of Delaware’s Institute for Public Administration has just published a Low-Stress Bikeability Assessment Tool that can be downloaded, or found within a new section of IPA’s online Delaware Complete Communities Planning Toolbox. Please click on the link below:
Planning for Complete Communities in Delaware
Read the latest edition of Journeys, the MPO newsletter
The Winter 2015/16 edition of the Dover/Kent County MPO’s newsletter is now available.
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National Weather Service has issued blizzard watch
From the National Weather Service ... KENT-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...JACKSON...MILLVILLE... HAMMONTON...WHARTON STATE FOREST 1037 AM EST THU JAN 21 2016 ...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. THE WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY AND CENTRAL DELAWARE. * HAZARD TYPES...POTENTIAL FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH HEAVY SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 14 INCHES POSSIBLE... WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS MAINLY INLAND FROM THE ATLANTIC COAST. SOME SLEET SHOULD MIX IN ALONG WITH SOME RAIN CLOSER TO THE COAST SATURDAY... WHICH WOULD CUT DOWN THE SNOW ACCUMULATION. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM SOUTH TO NORTH FRIDAY EVENING... PRIMARILY AFTER THE EVENING COMMUTE... THEN CONTINUE TO BE HEAVY AT TIMES INTO SUNDAY MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS AND GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE ON SATURDAY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH...WITH THE HIGHEST GUSTS CLOSER TO THE COAST. * VISIBILITIES...ONE-QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOWFALL AND STRONG WINDS COULD PRODUCE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. SNOW MAY BE DRY AND FLUFFY AT THE START... BUT WILL BECOME WETTER AND HEAVIER AS THE EVENT UNFOLDS. SHOVELING MAY BE PROBLEMATIC FOR THOSE WITH PHYSICAL AILMENTS. SNOW MAY CLING TO WIRES AND TREES WHICH COULD CAUSE NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES. ROADS WILL BECOME IMPASSABLE DUE TO INCREASING SNOW ACCUMULATION DURING THE EVENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS.
MPO office will be closed Monday, Jan. 18
The Dover/Kent County MPO office will be closed on Monday, Jan. 18 in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.The office will re-open on Tuesday, Jan. 19.
Delmarva Goods Summit Dec. 15
The Delmarva Goods Movement Task Force winter meeting will be held on from 9 a.m to noon on Tuesday, Dec. 15 at the Duncan Center, 500 Loockerman St., Dover, Del. This taskforce is comprised of area DOTs, economic development groups, private sector representatives, county officials, ports, and members of the public. It is charged with overseeing and helping implement future actions and policy recommendations that result from the WILMAPCO Freight and Goods Movement Analysis. The meeting is open to all trucking, railroad, port, airport, shipper, freight logistics, economic development, and community representatives. To register, please visit www.wilmapco.org/delmarva .
APA of Delaware Annual Meeting, Dec. 8
The Delaware Chapter of the American Planning Assocation (APA) will hold its annual meeting on Dec. 8 from 5 to 7 p.m. The meeting will be held at Frazier’s restaurant, 9 E. Loockerman Street, in Dover, Del.
Speakers will include Sarah M. Pragg, policy specialist for the University of Delaware’s Institute for Public Administration, who will discuss the Delaware Complete Communities Planning Toolbox; and Lewis D. Schiliro, J.D., former secretary for the Department of Safety and Homeland Security. He will discuss planning for large events.
The meeting will include dinner and a year-end summary. For more information, please visit http://delawareapa.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ed4dc2de1b5d47944ab963bbb&id=6f9cc54353&e=f15f837ab1.
Dec. 17 Public Advisory Committee Meeting Cancelled
The Dover/Kent County MPO’s Public Advisory Committee meeting scheduled for 6 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 17 has been cancelled. The next regular meeting will be at 6 p.m. on Feb. 23.
University of Delaware Planning ADA Accessibility Workshop
The University of Delaware’s IPA will conduct a workshop entitled, “Walk this Way! Creating ADA-Accessible Communities with Walk Appeal” on Friday morning, Dec. 4, 2015 at the Dover Public Library.
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Final Public Workshop for Division Street Design Week is Thursday, 5-7 p.m.
The next and final public workshop for Division Street Design Week will be held from 5-7 p.m on Thursday, Nov. 19 at the Inner City Sankofa Cultural Center at 39 N. West Street.
Monday and Tuesday’s workshops both were a success with residents, business owners, planners and other stakeholders all sharing their ideas for a vision for a western gateway to downtown Dover. Tuesday included a children’s exercise to gauge what they would like to see for the area. All are welcome to attend Thursday night’s workshop where the Dover/Kent County MPO, the city of Dover and contractors from Whitman Requardt & Associates put everything together from the first two workshops and present what people have shared.
