Tag: Delaware General Assembly

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Delaware General Assembly Adjourns Without Vote on Bicycle-Friendly Transit-Oriented Development Bill

The Delaware General Assembly ended its 2015 session early Wednesday morning. Bicycle-friendly economic development legislation, introduced by State Senators Harris McDowell and Colin Bonini and State Representatives Ed Osienski and Helene Keeley, did not receive a vote in the Delaware Senate. Senator McDowell’s innovative bill defines criteria for “Complete Community Enterprise Districts” that would help local governments…
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July 4, 2015 0

McDowell, Bonini, Osienski and Keeley Introduce Bicycle-Friendly Economic Development Bill

UPDATE: Delaware Passes Innovative “Complete Communities” Bill JULY 1 (UPDATE): Delaware General Assembly adjourns without Senate vote on legislation. State Senators Harris McDowell and Colin Bonini and State Representatives Ed Osienski and Helene Keeley have introduced bicycle-friendly economic development legislation in the Delaware General Assembly. The innovative bill – known as the Healthy and Transit-Friendly Development Act – would…
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June 12, 2015 6

Representative Longhurst Reports on the Castle Trail

RELATED: • Facebook post on trail • Michael Castle Trail Opened • Trail spanning from Delaware City to Chesapeake City will be completed this year (Middletown Transcript)


May 30, 2015 0

Sokola Leads Delaware Cycling Delegation to Capitol Hill

  Delaware Cyclists Meet with Senators Carper and Coons A delegation of Delaware cyclists led by State Senator Dave Sokola traveled to Capitol Hill on Thursday as part of the National Bike Summit to meet with Senators Carper and Coons about improving cycling and walking in Delaware, and how the federal government can help. Delaware’s…
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March 12, 2015 2

“Bike Delaware had my back.”

Read More: Longhurst Cycling Delegation Heads to Washington DC Cycling is the Official State Sport of Delaware  Longhurst and Colleagues Fought for Trail Network Funding We’ve Got Your Back       Read More: The Time Is Now For Delaware’s 1st Protected Bike Lane We’ve Got Your Back       Read More: Governor Markell…
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March 4, 2015 0

Crowd fills Laurel fire hall for Venables tribute

Published in the Cape Gazette February 4, 2015 A crowd of 400 people said phooey to snowstorm warnings Monday night, Jan. 26, to fill the Laurel fire hall and pay tribute to Senator Bob Venables. Sussex County Council President Mike Vincent summed up the atmosphere in the banquet hall: “In this whole room there is…
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February 6, 2015 2

Senate Confirms Governor’s Transportation Secretary Nominee

Shailen Bhatt, Associate Federal Highway Administrator, to become Delaware’s Ninth Transportation SecretaryDelDOT Press Release — June 9, 2011 Dover — Governor Jack Markell’s nominee for Secretary of the Delaware Department of Transportation, Shailen Bhatt (pronounced “SHAY-Linn BAT”), was confirmed by the Delaware Senate this afternoon. “I would like to thank the members of the Delaware…
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June 9, 2011 0

New DelDOT Head Confirmed by Delaware Senate

By Doug Denison, Dover Post.com Dover, Del. —The Delaware Senate today confirmed Gov. Jack Markell’s nominee to head the state’s embattled transportation agency. New DelDOT Secretary Shailen Bhatt is expected to be sworn in some time in the coming weeks. In the meantime he said he’ll be tying up loose ends at his current job…
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June 8, 2011 0