Transportation Funding Public Workshop - August 30, 2010

This is your chance to voice your concerns about transportation issues in our area.  

It is critically important that you voice any concerns you have about current and emerging transportation problems,  as it is highly likely that transportation funding options will be very restricted in the next decade due to the high risk that Delaware is taking with GARVEE bonds to fund the Route 301 bypass.   This is a prime example of our government officials questionably committing to spend tax payer funds we do not have by borrowing against our future.

If you cannot attend this workshop, you can provide comments at their new "Online Feedback Forum" (Click Here).

Transportation Public Workshop

The public is invited to attend a workshop on August 30, between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. Wilmington Area Planning Council (WILMAPCO) and Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) staff will welcome comment on the draft the amended FY 2011-2014 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) and invite input for the development of the statewide FY 2012-2017 Delaware Capital Transportation Plan (CTP) and FY 2012-2015 TIP.  The workshop will be held at WILMAPCO offices:

Open House Public Workshop

August 30, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

850 Library Avenue, Newark, Delaware 19703

www.wilmapco.org

The draft FY 2011-2014 TIP for New Castle County, Delaware and Cecil County, Maryland is a four-year listing of transportation priorities and projects based upon available funding. Projects are drawn from recommendations in

A Refreshing Community Perspective on the Problems with the NCC Redevelopment Code

This is an very refreshing and insightful perspective on the serious failures of the New Castle County Redevelopment code, particularly with regard to its impact on communities by Fritz Griesinger, a former member of the planning board and long time community advocate.  The Civic league must take on this issue, and get this code corrected before even more damage is done that will negatively affect our communities for decades to come.
 

As a long term Community Advocate, I felt reporter Chad Livengood (News Journal, August 16, 2010) wrote a refreshingly candid article on problems with Redevelopment.  Properties faced with acts of God and similar situations were addressed by  Redevelopment as part of the Unified Development Code (UDC) when it was adopted in 1997.  Over the years, the Redevelopment ordinance has been mercilessly perverted by the county to now include, by right, just about every zoning category including residential.  With a compliant county government as well as favorable waivers and interpretations by the Land Use Department, there is little protection for residents' quality of life covered in the 2007 Comprehensive Development Plan.

Primary Candidates Forum - 6 PM, Monday, August 23, 2010

The Greater Hockessin Area Development Association (GHADA), Civic League for New Castle County (CLNCC), and the Community News will be hosting a Candidate Forum at 6 PM on Monday, August 23, 2010 at the Hockessin Fire Hall.

The forum will allow time for voters to meet, ask questions, and learn about candidate positions on important issues prior to the Primary Election on September 14. 

The Forum will be moderated by the Community Newspaper's General Manager & Editor, Jessie Chadderdon.

This is a Primary Election forum.  Only those candidates facing a Primary Election challenger(s) will be actively involved in this event.

However, additional forums are currently being planned by GHADA and CLNCC that will give all candidates an opportunity to participate in forums prior to the General Election in November.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Mark Blake, GHADA President & Land Use Chairman by e-mail at:

markwblake@aol.com

We hope to see you at the event.

WDEL to host political debates

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Chris Carl, 478-2700

1150AM WDEL & WDEL.com
to Host Political Debates

(Wilmington, DE) – 1150AM WDEL, Delaware’s most listened to news/talk radio station, has announced its lineup of political debates for the upcoming primary election:

August 16, 6pm – Democratic candidates for Delaware Treasurer
Location: WDEL Studios in Brandywine Hundred (2727 Shipley Road)
Moderator: Allan Loudell

August 23, 6pm – Democratic candidates for New Castle County Sheriff
Location: WDEL Studios in Brandywine Hundred (2727 Shipley Road)
Moderator: Allan Loudell
Note: This debate is staged in cooperation with the League of Women Voters of New Castle County

August 30, 6pm – Democratic candidates for Delaware Auditor
Location: WDEL Studios in Brandywine Hundred (2727 Shipley Road)
Moderator: Allan Loudell

August 31, 8am – Republican candidates for U.S. House
Location: Widener Law School, Ruby R. Vale Moot Courtroom 4601 Concord Pike, Wilmington, Del.
Note: Audience welcome
Moderator: Peter MacArthur

The debates will be broadcast live on 1150AM WDEL and streamed on WDEL.com.
News coverage is welcome. Please contact Chris Carl to make arrangements.

First-Last Chance For Public Input On The Hercules-Toll Bros Subdivision - Hearing Set For 7PM Sept. 7th At 77 Reads Way In New Castle

Tim Sheldon's office sent out this announcement on Monday about the Exploratory Plan Hearing for the Toll Brothers' Hercules property. I asked for and received further clarification that the Sept. 7th meeting is going to be the only chance for public comment before this record plan goes to council for a vote:

There has been a Planning Board Meeting scheduled for the DE National plan (2010-0176-S). It is scheduled for September 7, 2010 at 7 PM in the Multi-Purpose Room at 77 Reads Way(Gilliam Building), New Castle, DE.

This would be the time to come out and speak to the developer and the Department of Land Use directly expressing your concerns. Please remember that