These projects aim to “increase safety and traffic flow,” including the widening of Route 24 from Mulberry Knoll Road to Route 1, McLeod said. That project is expected to be completed in 2022.
Resident Scott McClintock has lived off Mulberry Knoll Road at least part-time for about 30 years, and he said it sometimes takes him 10 minutes to pull onto Route 24 from his neighborhood because of the traffic.
McClintock agreed that these ongoing construction projects will likely improve safety, but his biggest concern is the number of houses popping up in the area.
“It’s not what it used to be,” he said. It’s becoming like Philadelphia with all the traffic.”
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In the ongoing effort to Keep DE Litter Free, the Delaware Department of Transportation continues to dedicate resources to cleaning up roads. To date in 2021, nearly 16,000 bags of trash have been collected, and last year, cleanup efforts resulted in the collection of over 51,000 bags of trash.
Litter cleanup across the state is performed by DelDOT Maintenance & Operations employees, Adopt-A-Highway/Sponsor-A-Highway efforts, the Work A Day Earn A Pay Program and with help from the Delaware Department of Correction inmate work program.
In addition, more than 6,800 tires, 3,500 signs and 250 appliances were removed from alongside Delaware roads.
Gov. John Carney, who has championed the Keep DE Litter Free initiative, commented, “The amount of litter on our roads continues to be eye-opening and a reminder that we all need to do our part to reduce littering. We’re making progress and my hope is that these efforts, increased fines, new signage, and the pl
Milton committee debates large truck traffic
A Milton committee is debating what could be done regarding large truck traffic going through town. Research revealed that truckers typically use GPS to choose their route through town and usually end up at Dogfish Head Brewery. The committee and Dogfish have been in contact to determine what alternatives are feasible. RYAN MAVITY PHOTO
Ryan Mavity May 2, 2021
A Milton traffic committee is examining the impact of large truck traffic coming through town and what, if anything, can be done about it.
The Traffic Calming Ad Hoc Advisory Committee has been looking at various traffic-related issues in Milton, including large trucks. The committee sought to determine how and why large trucks are going through town, and where they are ending up.