The Churchman’s Crossing Monitoring Committee (CCMC) was formed in 2022 with the purpose to help guide and fulfill the recommendations of the 2022 Churchman’s Crossing Plan Update. WILMAPCO, DelDOT, and the New Castle County Department of Land Use (NCC DLU) developed the comprehensive update to the original 1997 Churchman’s Crossing Plan. The 2022 update was adopted by WILMAPCO’s Council on January 13, 2022, and includes recommendations for transportation improvements, land use strategies, and transportation demand management (TDM) strategies.

This work is being accomplished through a collaborative dialogue between the CCMC members, who represent a diverse of stakeholders, including implementing agencies, elected officials, local civic and community leaders, business interests, and advocacy groups.

The CCMC will meet three (3) times a year. There will also be an annual public workshop. In addition, an annual report will be produced to document progress during the previous year.

The first meeting of the CCMC was held in-person at the New Castle County Government Center on November 16, 2022. This meeting of the monitoring committee covered the following topics:

The main focuses of the meeting were the Churchman’s Crossing Plan Update recap and the agency updates. The Plan Update recap covered the plan’s land use principles, 2050 balanced land use forecasts for employment and population growth in Churchman’s Crossing, the transportation alternative screening analysis, use of relative arterial mobility as a performance measure, and Transportation Improvement Districts (TID). The NCC DLU and DelDOT are currently studying a potential TID for the Churchman’s Crossing area. For more information, view the TID hub here.

Agency updates included a WILMAPCO update on the Regional Transportation Plan (RTP), DelDOT updates on the Capital Transportation Program (CTP) and other capital projects, NCC DLU updates on the New Castle County Comprehensive Plan Update and TIDs, and DART updates on service routes, the Fairplay Station Parking Expansion, and DART Reimagined.

All materials and video recordings for the CCMC meeting can be found on the Churchman’s Crossing Plan Update website.

While the CCMC meetings are designed for the benefit and active involvement of the Committee members, the public is welcome to attend and provide comments at the end of each meeting.

This newsletter will be published twice each year, during periods when the CCMC is not meeting. There will be a winter and summer newsletter with meetings expected to take place during the fall and spring. The newsletter will provide updates in between the CCMC meetings to keep the Committee members and the public informed on Committee meetings and public workshops, projects in the Churchman’s Crossing area, and other news related to the Churchman’s Crossing Plan Update.

DelDOT’s Project Portal maps active projects in and around the Churchman’s Crossing area, and includes additional information about the planning, design, and construction of each project. Use the map to view any active projects, or click the links below to go directly to a specific project’s website.

Remember when Churchman’s Crossing was Metroform? The 1995 News Journal article below states that in 1972, New Castle County Planners tagged the area that is now Churchman’s Crossing as “Metroform”, anticipating a “metropolitan” area would “form.” County Council officially adopted the Metroform name in 1988, but it wasn’t a hit, and 35,000 residents received ballots to vote on a new name in 1995. Name suggestions that didn’t quite make the cut included Pine Swamp Corner, Staffords Corner, or Whiteclee. Following the vote Churchman’s Crossing was officially adopted, and Interstate 95 signs were updated with the new name!