Currently, DelDOT
anticipates getting phases 1 and 2 completed (drainage pipes and inlets,
lighting conduit, grading and poring of new concrete curb and sidewalk,
landscaping and paving) if the weather holds up before cold weather arrives
later this year.
As work
is completed as stated above, we are anticipating having topsoil seed and
mulching along with some landscaping and paving done weather permitting
between phases 2 and 3 which basically split the job in half. Please note
that this is rough draft. More detailed scheduling will be
available as the project moves forward.
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Governor Markell
and Transportation Secretary Carolann Wicks will attend an ARRA
groundbreaking for Old Lancaster Pike on Friday, Sept. 11th at 11
a.m. in Hockessin. Please
see Secretary Wicks, comments Below.
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DelDOT’s
construction engineer and the project design consultant will attend the
GHADA meeting on Sept. 21st.
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Recovery-Funded Old Lancaster Pike Project
Bid Awarded DelDOT Press Release July 22, 2009. Please follow the link below:
http://sz0047.wc.mail.comcast.net/service/home/~/mas_Old%20Lancaster%20Pike%20release.doc?auth=co&loc=en_US&id=92320&part=2
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CAROLANN
SPEAKING POINTS
EVENT:
ARRA OLD LANCASTER PIKE STREETSCAPE & DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS GROUNDBREAKING
EVENT DATE:
11 A.M. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2009 – NORTH END OF OLD LANCASTER PIKE NEAR
SWIFT MEMORIAL PARK IN HOCKESSIN
WELCOME. THANK YOU FOR
ATTENDING THE GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY FOR THE OLD LANCASTER PIKE STREETSCAPE
AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS.
I AM NOT GOING TO LIE TO YOU.
THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. THE IDEA TO IMPROVE OLD LANCASTER
PIKE STARTED MAKING SERIOUS PROGRESS EIGHT YEARS AGO. HOWEVER, THE KEY TO
THIS PROJECT ACTUALLY HITTING THE GROUND, LIKE MUCH OF WHAT DELDOT DOES, HAS
BEEN PARTNERSHIPS.
IT TOOK A PERFECT STORM AND A
DETERMINED GROUP OF PEOPLE FROM HOCKESSIN; STATE AND COUNTY GOVERNMENTS;
DELDOT; AND A LITTLE BILL CALLED THE AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT;
TO GET US WHERE WE ARE TODAY. SOME MIGHT CALL IT A MIRACLE. HOWEVER, I THINK
DISCOVERING AND CULTIVATING PARTNERSHIPS IS THE BEST WAY TO DO BUSINESS.
AS TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY,
I RECEIVE MANY REQUESTS FOR PROJECTS UP AND DOWN THE STATE. DELDOT CAN
FULFILL SOME OF THE REQUESTS, BUT CERTAINLY NOT ALL. IN MOST CASES, A
RESIDENT WILL REQUEST SPEED HUMPS OR A TRAFFIC SIGN, AND THEN LET DELDOT
HANDLE THE REST. HOWEVER, IN HOCKESSIN, AND ESPECIALLY ON THIS PROJECT, KEN
MURPHY AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE HOCKESSIN PLANNING PARTNERSHIP, WERE TRUE
PARTNERS IN DEVELOPING THE OLD LANCASTER PIKE STREETSCAPE PROJECT. WE HAVE
WORKED TOGETHER TO OVERCOME MANY HURDLES.
LIKE MANY WORTHWHILE VENTURES,
THIS PROJECT WAS THE OFFSPRING OF A COMMITTED GROUP OF CITIZENS. EIGHT YEARS
AGO, HOCKESSIN RESIDENTS AND NEW CASTLE COUNTY CREATED THE FIRST-EVER
HOCKESSIN VILLAGE PLAN. IMPROVEMENTS TO OLD LANCASTER PIKE WERE PART OF
THEIR CONCEPT. YET, THE GROUP FACED ITS FIRST HURDLE: NEITHER HOCKESSIN, NOR
THE COUNTY, NOR DELDOT ALONE, HAD ENOUGH MONEY TO FUND A CONCEPT DESIGN.
BUT TWO YEARS AGO, FIVE STATE
LEGISLATORS STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE AND CONTRIBUTED FUNDS TO THE DESIGN.
DELDOT MATCHED THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF PATTI BLEVINS, LIANE SORENSON, CHARLIE
COPELAND, DEBORAH HUDSON, AND ROGER ROY. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CHIPPED IN
80 PERCENT OF THE COST TO FINISH THE PLANS.
THEN THERE WAS THE NEXT
HURDLE: EVEN THOUGH THE PROJECT WAS ADDED TO DELDOT’S TRANSPORTATION
IMPROVEMENT PLAN, THERE WAS NOT ANY MONEY TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION.
I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW MANY
LETTERS AND PHONE CALLS MY STAFF AND I RECEIVED COMPLAINING ABOUT THE
FINANCIAL ROADBLOCK TO THIS PROJECT. WITHOUT THE AMERICAN RECOVERY AND
REINVESTMENT ACT, SUPPORTED BY OUR FEDERAL DELEGATION, I AM SURE WE WOULD
STILL BE RECEIVING LETTERS FROM THE 19707 ZIP CODE. FRANKLY, AS HOCKESSIN
ATTRACTS MORE AND MORE RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES, OLD LANCASTER PIKE NEEDS
BETTER SIDEWALKS AND CROSSWALKS. IT IS THANKS TO THE FORESIGHT OF THE
HOCKESSIN COMMUNITY, LOCAL LEGISLATORS, AND DELDOT PLANNERS, THAT THE OLD
LANCASTER PIKE PROJECT WAS SHOVEL READY.
THIS PROJECT FALLS UNDER
DELDOT’S TRANSPORTATION ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM, MANAGED BY JEFF NIEZGODA, AND
ESTABLISHED THROUGH FEDERAL LEGISLATION. THE T-E PROGRAM ENCOURAGES
DEVELOPMENT OF A MULTI-MODAL APPROACH TO MOBILITY AND ACCESSIBILITY. THE OLD
LANCASTER PIKE STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT IS JUST THE TIP OF THE
ICEBERG. THANKS TO GOVERNOR MARKELL, WHO AVIDLY SUPPORTS MULTI-MODAL
PROJECTS, MY STAFF IS DRAFTING A COMPLETE STREETS POLICY THAT WOULD REQUIRE
THE DEPARTMENT TO CONSIDER PEDESRTIANS, BICYCLISTS, AND THE DISABLED IN MORE
ROADWAY PROJECTS. OUR FIRST POLICY DRAFT IS DUE TO THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE BY
THE END OF THIS MONTH. THE MORE SIDEWALKS, CROSSWALKS, AND BIKE LANES WE
HAVE IN DELAWARE, THE MORE ATTRACTIVE THE STATE IS TO EMPLOYERS AND
RESIDENTS.
IN HOCKESSIN, WE WILL IMPROVE
HALF A MILE OF OLD LANCASTER PIKE BETWEEN VALLEY ROAD AND ERICKSON AVENUE.
OUR GOAL IS TO IMPROVE THE SAFETY OF RESIDENTS WHO WANT TO WALK TO DOWNTOWN
BUSINESSES. THIS PROJECT WILL CONNECT SIDEWALKS THAT ARE NOT CONNECTED AND
WIDEN PORTIONS THAT ARE TOO NARROW. WE WILL IMPROVE THE SIGNING AND STRIPING
OF CROSSWALKS SO THAT PEOPLE CAN CROSS THE STREET MORE SAFELY. LARGER PIPES
WILL BE PUT IN SO THAT WATER WILL NOT POOL IN THE STREETS AND FREEZE IN THE
WINTER.
IN
THE BROADER SCHEME OF THINGS, STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS ENCOURAGE HEALTHY AND
ACTIVE LIFESTYLES, IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, INCREASE THE CAPACITY OF THE
TRANSPORTATION NETWORK AND REDUCE CONGESTION, EFFICIENTLY USE TAXPAYER
DOLLARS, INCREASE PROPERTY VALUES AND JOB GROWTH, REDUCE AIR POLLUTION AND
AUTOMOBILE TRIPS, AND FOSTER STRONG COMMUNITIES.
FURTHERMORE, THIS
PROJECT FITS IN NICELY WITH OTHER DELDOT ENDEAVORS IN HOCKESSIN. IN THE PAST
COUPLE OF YEARS, DELDOT REVITALIZED ROUTE 41’S STREETSCAPE AND IMPROVED THE
INTERSECTION OF ROUTE 41 AND VALLEY ROAD.
SINCE PARTNERSHIPS ARE THE
THEME OF THIS PROJECT, I MUST EMPHASIZE THE DEPARTMENT’S APPRECIATION FOR
LOCAL PROPERTY OWNERS WHO DONATED REAL ESTATE EASEMENTS SO THAT WE COULD GET
THIS JOB DONE. DUE TO THE MONEY WE SAVED ON TEMPORARY AND PERMANENT
CONSTRUCTION EASEMENTS, WE CAN AFFORD TO INSTALL DECORATIVE STREETLIGHTING
AND IMPROVE LANDSCAPING. IN FACT, THIS PROJECT WAS AWARDED 200,000 DOLLARS
UNDER THE ENGINEER’S ORIGINAL ESTIMATE.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF
THE SPEAKERS TODAY FOR THEIR COMMITMENT TO THIS PROJECT. I WOULD ALSO LIKE
TO RECOGNIZE SOME MEMBERS OF OUR AUDIENCE:
·
JOHN DIELEUTERIO
(DEL-A-TER-E-O), SENATOR TED KAUFMAN’S STATE DIRECTOR
·
CHRIS COONS, NEW
CASTLE COUNTY EXECUTIVE
·
DELDOT STAFF:
·
RALPH REEB
·
TOM MCLAUGHLIN
·
JAMES MCCLOSKEY
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Speakers included: Senator Carper,
Representative for Mike Castle, Governor Markell, Lt. Governor Matt Denn,
Senator Sorenson, Representatives Hudson and Manolakos, County
ExecutiveCoons, NCC Council President Clark and President, Hockessin
Planning Partnership Ken Murphy.
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Achievements -
DelDOT
provided a Project Status Report to HVDRAC at their July meeting that was
covered and reported by the Hockessin Community News. Subsequently, the
consultants and community members met with certain property owners to
consider detail design options impacting their property. The resulting
Detail Design will be presented to the general public at a DelDOT workshop
scheduled for October 16, 2007. Look for advertisements to be included in
our newspapers.
Projects - Old Lancaster Pike Streetscape Project
Calendar - DelDOT Workshop is scheduled for October 16,
2007.
Meeting Agenda
Meeting Minutes
Old Lancaster Pike
Streetscape Project
Envision Old Lancaster
Pike as Hockessin’s Main Street. Imagine a street where children and adults
walk to the Library and Park along well-lit sidewalks encased by street
trees and building fronts. See people meandering from shop to shop browsing
about the outdoor displays. See neighbors sitting at an outdoor café while
children stand along the curb’s edge waiting for the Fourth of July Parade.
This is the street the Hockessin community has envisioned for many years.
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February 2007-Press Release
Old
Lancaster Pike, Streetscape Enhancements - Design Phase
In April
2006, final recommendations for the Concept Plan of Old Lancaster Pike were
approved by DelDOT. These recommendations include streetscape enhancements
that were specifically developed to: enhance pedestrian safety, comfort and
convenience; to reduce traffic speeds; and provide traffic calming along Old
Lancaster Pike in the Village of Hockessin in New Castle County, Delaware.
Specific improvements include:
All of these improvements
were developed in conjunction with a project Steering Committee comprised of
local officials, local business owners and community leaders. It is the
vision of this Steering Committee that these improvements will one day
tie-into further enhancements as outlined in the Community Redevelopment
Plan for the Village of Hockessin. The immediate next step, however, is
to complete the design phase of the Old Lancaster Pike streetscape
enhancements as described above.
Funding for
the design phase of the Old Lancaster Pike streetscape enhancements was
requested by Third District Councilman William Tansey, and has been secured
by DelDOT. This funding ensures that monies are available to allow for the
engineering-design details required for construction to be completed. It is
anticipated that the design phase for these enhancements will be completed
by February 2008. However, there will be a Public workshop held in the
summer of 2007. Upon completion of the design phase, construction funding
will need to be secured before the project can be constructed. Currently no
funding has been secured for the construction of this project. Only with
further support for this project from the Steering Committee, as well as
other local officials and the community at-large, will future construction
funding be possible.
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October 2006
-Presentation to Public
As you may be aware, DelDOT has been working on the
conceptual design of Old Lancaster Pike. They have work with a variety of
community members and held a number of Transportation Workshops in 2005 and
2006.
As described in the final report;
Envision Old Lancaster Pike as Hockessin’s Main Street.
Imagine a street where children and adults walk to the Library and Park
along well-lit sidewalks encased by street trees and building fronts. See
people meandering from shop to shop browsing about the outdoor displays. See
neighbors sitting at an outdoor café while children stand along the curb’s
edge waiting for the Fourth of July Parade. This is the street the Hockessin
community has envisioned for many years.
The transformation of OLP has been a high priority in
the HVP and as of this month, is one more significant step toward its
realization. Before any construction is considered, we needed a Detail
Design of the OLP project. The cost of such a design is approximately $500.
The Federal Government will pay 80% of the cost as long as there is a 20%
match. Under DelDOT’s sliding scale, 10 % of the matching funds will be
provided by the State as long as there is a 10% Local Match. This local 10%
match has recently been attained with the support of our Legislators.
Each of the following Legislators has allocated a part
of their resources to fulfill the matching commitment. Through their
guidance, leadership and support, we may initiate the design contract and
start work.
W recognize their support and express our appreciation
to:
Senator Charles Copeland, Senator Liane Sorenson,
Representative Patti Blevins, Representative Deborah Hudson and
Representative Roger Roy.
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Meeting Minutes
January 31, 2007
Old Lancaster Pike Streetscape
Enhancements, Village of Hockessin
Kickoff Meeting,
LOCATION:
Lamborn Library
ATTENDEES: REPRESENTING: PHONE:
Councilman William Tansey New Castle Co. Council
(302) 395-8343
Anthony Aglio DelDOT
(302) 760-2509
Janet Kilpatrick State of Delaware
(302) 577-5190
Ken
Murphy Hockessin
(302) 239-3798
Joe
Amon Community News
(302) 239-0201
John Gysling New Castle Co. Land Use
(302) 395-5473
Ted
Foglietta McCormick Taylor
(302) 738-0203
Bill Dougherty McCormick
Taylor (302) 738-0203
PURPOSE: To officially initiate the
design phase of the project; and to discuss the schedule and the status of
funding for the project.
DISCUSSION:
1.
Ted
Foglietta began the meeting with brief introductions and an overview of the
project. He explained that the project is a roadway project and will only
pertain to design in the immediate vicinity of Old Lancaster Pike. This
design will include a roadway pavement overlay, drainage improvements,
sidewalks, aesthetic crosswalks and other miscellaneous items.
2.
John
Gysling suggested that McCormick Taylor look into innovative stormwater
management Best Management Practices to try to gain stormwater credits for
the area. He will forward BMP information to McCormick Taylor to consider.
McCormick Taylor’s Sal Palalay will coordinate with John regarding this
issue.
3.
Bill
Dougherty briefly outlined the design schedule for the project. The
proposed schedule is as follows:
Survey Completion – February 2007
Survey Plans Completed – March 2007
Preliminary Plans Completed – May 2007
DelDOT Review Completed –June 2007
Public Workshop – July 2007
Semi-Final Plans Completed – October 2007.
DelDOT Review Completed – November 2007
Final Plans Completed – February 2008
4.
The group
discussed the design schedule and how it will impact the construction
funding. Ted Foglietta noted that their project is funded for design only,
and there is currently no funding encumbered for construction. Councilman
Tansey and Janet Kilpatrick indicated that they would begin requests for
construction funding in June of this year to ensure that it is available
when this design phase is completed (tentatively scheduled for February
2008).
5.
Joe Amon
suggested printing a brief update in the Community News keeping the project
fresh in the minds of the residents of the community, and to show gratitude
to those who have advanced the project to this point. Anthony Aglio agreed
that DelDOT would be on board with this, but would like DelDOT to approve
the narrative before it is published. Ted Foglietta will write the
narrative and forward to DelDOT for approval.
Reported By:
Bill Dougherty,
Highway Engineer, McCormick Taylor
CC: All attendees
Jeff Niezgoda
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