The New Castle County Republican Committee has formed a working group it says will focus on a host of transportation issues in the county.
The group says it will put emphasis on a proposal to extend commuter rail service to the fast-growing areas south of the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal. The prospect of new BRAC-related jobs in Maryland has also drawn attention to the need for enhanced commuter-rail access south of Newark, said working group chairman Michael Stafford.
"Certainly, in my community below the C&D Canal, there is significant interest in commuter rail service to Wilmington, Philadelphia, and now, Maryland," said Stafford, an attorney with experience in transportation policy and planning and chairman of the Colonial Republican Committee. "It's long past the time we got serious about modernizing our infrastructure...ensuring it can accommodate future growth and economic development."
