Dover/Kent County MPO

FY2016-2019 TIP after Amendments and Administrative Modifications

The Dover/Kent County MPO has created a final Transportation Improvement Program for FY2016-2019 that incorporates the Amendments requested by DelDOT and rectifying the small budget changes, considered the Administrative Modifications as agreed by the MPO and the Department.   FULL FY2016-2019 TIP 10-7-2015

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.  

MPO Council approves FY 2016-2019 TIP

CAMDEN — Council members for the Dover/Kent County Metropolitan Planning Organization on Wednesday unanimously approved the MPO’s FY 2016-2019 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP). The TIP represents the first three-to-four 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. The MPO held a public comment period for the TIP between March 30 and April 30. MPO Council member Drew Boyce said the unanimous MPO Council vote was an indication that “projects that are moving forward are consistent with the council’s vision for Kent County.” “Moving forward, a lot of big infrastructure projects are happening, which is great for Kent County,” Boyce said. “And we’re going to continue to support projects that move the county in the right direction with safety, mobility and as much as we can, this economic component.” MPO Chairman Brad Eaby said the MPO did its part on Wednesday in the planning process. “It was a constructive exercise that we went through last time,” Eaby said, referring to delays that the council went through last year before approving the FY 2015-2018 TIP. “But I think it made the process stronger in the long run, and made the parties work together even more cohesively in the future.” There are many projects in the FY 2016-2019 TIP, including ones that have been on the docket for some time. Some of those projects have already started, such as the West Dover Connector and the grade-separated intersection at Rt. 1 and Thompsonville Road, and are scheduled to continue in the just-approved TIP. “We are finally starting to see the result of all that hard work in the actual moving of dirt and laying concrete and getting these projects in the ground, because as long and hard as we work on them there’s really no public benefit until they’re done.” Some highlight projects in the FY 2016-2018 TIP include: • Continued construction of the West Dover Connector and the Route 1/Thompsonville Road grade-separated intersection • Start of construction for the improvements to Route 1/Little Heaven and the Route 1/South Frederica grade-separated intersections • Safety improvements along Glenwood Avenue in Smyrna • Construction of a roundabout at Route 10/Route 15 Design projects include: • U.S. 13 widening (from the Puncheon Run connector to Lochmeath Way) • Kenton Road (Route 8 to Walker Road) • Crawford Carroll Road extension • Loockerman Street/Forest Street improvements

There’s still time to comment on the MPO’s draft FY 2016-2019 TIP

CAMDEN – There’s still time for the public to comment on the Dover/Kent County Metropolitan Planning Organization’s draft FY 2016-2019 Transportation Improvement Program, or TIP. The public comment period that started on March 30 will run through April 30. The TIP, which represents the first three-to-four years of the MPO’s long-range Metropolitan Transportation Plan, includes more than $150 million over the next four years of road, bridge, and transit expansion projects in Kent County. 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. A copy of the draft TIP can be viewed as FY2016-2019 TIP FULL DRAFT 5-6-2015 V2 or by going to the homepage and clicking on the TIP under the Publications menu. To submit a comment, write to: kate.layton@doverkentmpo.org, or call 302-387-6030.

MPO public comment period for draft FY 2016-2019 TIP running now through April 30

CAMDEN – The Dover/Kent County Metropolitan Planning Organization’s draft FY 2016-2019 Transportation Improvement Program includes more than $150 million over the next four years of road, bridge, and transit expansion projects in Kent County. The MPO would like the public’s opinion on its draft TIP and the projects within it, and has set a public comment period to run from March 30 through April 30. The TIP represents the first three-to-four 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. A copy of the draft TIP can be viewed as FY2016-2019 TIP FULL DRAFT 5-6-2015 V2 or by going to the homepage and clicking on the TIP under the Publications menu. To submit a comment, write to: kate.layton@doverkentmpo.org, or call 302-387-6030. TIP 2016-2019 Public Comment Period Press Release

TIP

A draft of the 2015-2018 Transportation Improvement Program is available to view. Go to the Programs menu on the homepage to view the document and maps of local projects in the document.