Capital Budget Passes Delaware General Assembly Unanimously
4:46PM HB410 , the bill to establish a $429 million state capital budget for fiscal year 2013, passes Delaware House unanimously. 7:53PM HB410 passes Delaware Senate unanimously.
An Open Letter from State Senator David P. Sokola
“I just wanted to update you, that after many discussions and deliberations, the Bond Bill Committee voted unanimously to include the $13M towards the Statewide Trails and Pathways initiative. $3M will be allocated to DNREC for trail funding, while $10M is planned to go to DelDOT for the pathways portion. “While I have been continuously…
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Delaware General Assembly committee votes $13 million for walking and bicycling
UPDATED: Thursday (6/21), 7:51 PM — The Joint Committee on Capital Improvement of the Delaware General Assembly unanimously approved a bill including $13.25 million in dedicated state funding for walking and bicycling. Vote on bill by full General Assembly will be June 30. UPDATED: Thursday (6/21), 4:30 PM — The Bond Bill Committee took a break…
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2 votes away from a more Walkable, Bikeable Delaware!
We are so close. Just two votes away… Twelve Delaware General Assembly committee members will vote TODAY on a proposal to invest over $10 million dollars in building a more walkable and bikeable Delaware. We’ve found five visionary members of the committee: * Senator Robert Venables (D-Laurel) * Representative Deborah Hudson (R-Wilmington) * Senator David…
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National Spotlight on Delaware TODAY
by Carol Ireland President White Clay Bicycle Club Tuesday, June 19 The national focus is on Delaware this Wednesday. The Bond Committee of the General Assembly will be voting on whether to include in the state budget the $13 million Gov. Markell requested for biking and walking programs across the state. If you can possibly take the…
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WEDNESDAY: A Meeting for People Who Hate Meetings
Even if you hate going to meetings – especially government meetings – as a colossal waste of time, if you care about walking and bicycling you will want to make an exception for this one. It is the critical committee vote on Governor Markell’s proposal to invest millions of dollars in a more walkable and…
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Cape Gazette: “Keep the trail money intact”
Editorial June 8, 2012 The League of American Bicyclists, an advocacy group representing an estimated 57 million bicyclists, recently ranked Delaware as the 10th most bicycle-friendly state in the U.S. More importantly, the state’s ranking jumped to that 10 spot from 18 in 2011, and 31 when the organization first started its rankings in 2008.…
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Imagine: New Castle to Wilmington’s Riverfront Faster By Bicycle Than Car
By Karl Hassler – Can you imagine what it would be like if the Wilmington Riverfront‘s potential to be the premier cultural, recreational and residential hub in the Mid-Atlantic region was realized? Can you imagine what it would be like if the Riverwalk-Market Street area’s vibrant mix of businesses, residences and thriving art scene…
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Imagine: Bicycling Between Wilmington and Newark
By Karl Hassler – Can you imagine what it would be like to wake up on a beautiful morning and be able to ride safely from your Newark-area home to your job in Wilmington on a 12 mile bike trail? You get to work and feel like you’ve already had a vacation! You passed people…
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Just One Year Ago
Just a little over one year ago, the Delaware General Assembly passed “Walkable, Bikeable Delaware“, which called on the state to “create contiguous systems or networks of walkways and bikeways within and between cities and towns in Delaware in order to provide travelers with the opportunity for safe, convenient, cost-effective and healthy transportation via…
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