DelDOT 6-year transportation plan hearing set for Sept. 11

The Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) invite the public to attend a Capital Transportation Program (CTP) hearing set for Sept. 11 in Sussex County.

The hearings provide an opportunity to review the current CTP and suggest transportation projects and/or services to be considered for the proposed CTP for Fiscal Years 2010 - 2015. Public input received during the September hearings is crucial to the development of this program.

Each hearing format will be an open house setting beginning at 4 p.m. A court reporter will be available to record formal comments. Interested persons are also encouraged to submit written comments during the public hearing process and these also will be included in the formal record of the CTP hearings. At the hearings various information will be displayed and there will be opportunities for discussion with Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) representatives and other personnel. The hearings will be held:

Sussex County: South District Administration Building, 23697 DuPont Boulevard, Georgetown    on Thursday, September 11, 2008, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Kent County: Sept. 16, Delaware Technical & Community College, Terry Campus, Conference Room 400A, 100 Campus Drive, Dover on Tuesday, September 16, 2008, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

New Castle: Sept. 18, Delaware Technical & Community College, Stanton Campus, 400 Stanton-Christiana Road, Newark on Thursday, September 18, 2008, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

The Council on Transportation is composed of citizen representatives from every county in the state.  Members are appointed by the Governor. The MPOs are composed of representatives from state, county and local governments, and citizen and technical representatives.  Mandated by 29 Delaware Code, §8409, the hearings are designed to ensure that the public has ample opportunity to participate in the planning process.

Interested persons are invited to express their views in writing, giving reasons for support of or in opposition to, the proposed project. Comments will be received during the workshop or can be mailed to DelDOT Public Relations, P.O. Box 778, Dover, DE 19903.