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.

MPO now recruiting Public Advisory Committee members

Are you interested in transportation in Kent County? Have you ever wondered, how the the planning process for transportation projects works? Have you wondered how you can get involved in your community? The Dover/Kent County Metropolitan Planning Organization is looking for enthusiastic community members to join its Public Advisory Committee, or PAC. The Public Advisory Committee ensures that the MPO receives input from the public regarding all transportation plans, programs and policies that the MPO Council adopts. PAC members are appointed on a volunteer basis. Appointing agencies are the Governor’s office, the Delaware Department of Transportation, the Delaware Transit Corporation, the city of Dover, and Kent County Levy Court. At this time, the PAC has openings for appointees to represent the city of Dover and Kent County Levy Court. There are six PAC meetings per year (one every other month). They take place on Tuesdays from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Kent County Administrative Complex in Dover, unless the time and location is otherwise noted. For more information, please contact PAC Liaison Kate Layton at kate.layton@doverkentmpo.org, or call (302) 387-6026.   Thank You!