Transportation news and events from the
Wilmington Area Planning Council (WILMAPCO).
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WILMAPCO offices will be closed on June 19th for Juneteenth. |
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WILMAPCO's FY 2024 Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) was adopted
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The Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) is WILMAPCO’s annual work program identifying the planning priorities and activities to be carried out within the region. The UPWP includes a description of the planning work and resulting products, who will perform the work, time frames for completing the work, the cost of the work, and the source(s) of funding. MPOs are required to develop UPWPs to govern work programs for the expenditure of federal planning funds. The FY 2024 UPWP was adopted on May 11, 2023. |
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Seeking Proposals for the East Elkton Traffic Circulation and Safety Plan |
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WILMAPCO is seeking proposals to develop the East Elkton Traffic Circulation and Safety Plan (East Elkton Plan). The East Elkton Plan will examine transportation improvements to the Delancy Road (MD 781), Muddy Lane, and Belle Hill Road corridors, bounded on the south by US 40 and on the north by Appleton Road (MD 316) in Elkton, MD.
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Share your comments at the Connecting the Ardens: A Transportation Plan Public Workshop |
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Join us for the third community meeting for Connecting the Ardens: A Transportation Plan on June 6th from 6:30-8:30 PM in the Buzz Ware Village Center. The Consultant Team will review the draft plan and solicit your comments. The draft plan will be posted to the project website, www.wilmapco.org/ardens on Thursday, June 1st. Comments can be emailed through Monday, June 19, 2023, to ArdensComments@bowman.com.
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Join us for a Public Workshop to review the Southbridge Transportation Action Plan |
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You are invited to the next Public Workshop for the Southbridge Transportation Action Plan (STAP) on Saturday, June 10th, in Hicks Park (B & Bradford Streets), from 12:00–1:00 PM. We’ll be reviewing recommendations to reduce traffic speeds and truck volumes, and to improve walking, biking, driving, and bus travel in Southbridge.
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Join us for a Wilmington Initiatives Transportation Projects Open House |
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You are invited to attend the Wilmington Initiatives Public Workshop on Thursday, June 15, 2023, from 4:00-7:00 PM in the Louis L. Redding City/County Building, 800 N. French Street, Wilmington. Join us to learn about and have your say in several planned transportation projects in the City of Wilmington.
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DelDOT Breaks Ground on I-95/896 Interchange Improvements Project |
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As reported by DelDOT, "the construction project includes reconfiguration of existing interchange ramps, widening of I-95 northbound and southbound, widening and rehabilitation of existing bridges on I-95 and SR 896, and construction of new bridges, retaining walls, sign structures, and lighting. A separated path will also span the interchange providing a connection for bicycle and foot traffic from Newark to Glasgow." |
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DNREC extends EV rebate program |
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As reported by Delaware Public Media, "the Electric Vehicle Rebate Program in Delaware is extended for another year.
The program started in July 2015, and it was to end on April 30. It is now scheduled to run through April 30, 2024. Rebates from the Clean Vehicle Rebate Program are for the lease or purchase of qualifying electric vehicles."
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American Lung Association's 2023 State of the Air Report |
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As reported in the Delaware News Journal, "Delawareans might not be surrounded by the smog found in major cities, but the state’s air quality still raises some concerns. The 24th annual report covers air quality from 2019 to 2021, in Delaware and nationally, and grades Americans’ exposure to annual particle pollution, unhealthy levels of ground-level ozone air pollution and short-term spikes in particle pollution over a three-year period." |
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New Delaware homes would have capability to charge electric vehicles under Senate bill |
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As reported by WHYY, "New Castle County, where more than half of Delaware’s roughly one million residents live, mandated last year that all new homes have the infrastructure — wiring, conduit, and junction box — to install the equipment needed to charge electric vehicles.
Already, more than 700 new homes in the state’s northernmost county have been built to that standard, known as EV-capable...Now, Wilmington-area state Sen. Sarah McBride wants to take the initiative statewide and include Kent and Sussex counties."
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Commuter rail link between Newark and Perryville advances |
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As reported by DelawareLive, "The long-desired commuter rail service between Newark and Perryville, Maryland, is inching forward.
A new agreement between the Delaware Transit Corp. and the Maryland Transit Administration calls for studying the expansion of MARC train service 20 miles to Newark and hence into the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority system into Philadelphia and points beyond."
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Wilmington Area Planning Council
(WILMAPCO)
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The Wilmington Area Planning Council (WILMAPCO) is the regional transportation planning agency for New Castle County, Delaware and Cecil County, Maryland. As a federally designated Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), WILMAPCO is charged with planning and coordinating transportation investments for the region based on federal policy, local input, technical analysis, and best practices. |
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You are invited to participate in the transportation planning process, regardless of your race, color, national origin (including limited English proficiency), religion, creed, gender, ancestry, ethnicity, disability, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran’s status, or background. To request special accommodations, or if you need this information in another language, please contact WILMAPCO at (302) 737-6205 or dvoss@wilmapco.org.
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