Tag: Georgetown to Lewes Trail

Making cycling and walking safe, convenient and fun in Delaware

Bike and Pedestrian Improvements Funded at Reduced Level

Yesterday the Joint Committee on Capital Improvement of the Delaware General Assembly voted – unanimously – to approve capital budgets for DelDOT and DNREC that include new funding for walking and cycling. BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS (DELDOT) In last year’s Bond Bill, the Joint Committee approved a request from the Governor and DelDOT to fund the…
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June 21, 2013 10

The Most Bicycle Friendly State East of the Mississippi River

Dover – May 1, 2013 – At the Walkable Bikeable Delaware 2013 Summit in Dover this morning,  DelDOT Secretary Shailen Bhatt and DNREC Secretary Collin O’Mara announced Delaware’s new Bicycle Friendly State ranking. In the sixth annual assessment by the League of American Bicyclists, Delaware achieved a #5 ranking nationally, while placing #1 among all…
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May 1, 2013 5

Why the Georgetown to Lewes Trail Attracted Us to Invest in Delaware

by Randy and Trish Freed February 25, 2013 Manassas, Virginia – We are out-of-staters who are now investing in Delaware real estate. In January, we signed a contract for a new house to be built in Lewes, and we can tell you that one of the key features that made us decide to “seal the deal” for a house…
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February 25, 2013 1

Governor Jack Markell’s State of the State: “In the years to come, Delawareans will be able to walk and bike to work because of the investments we are making today.”

Excerpt from Governor Jack Markell’s State of the State speech, January 17, 2013. Improving our Quality of Life “In the world we now live in, employers survive only when they hire the most talented workers. And talented employees want to work in places they are proud to call home. “Delaware is blessed with beautiful beaches,…
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January 18, 2013 0

Longhurst and Colleagues Fought for Trail Network Funding

“[O]ne of the best ways we can improve our quality of life, and promote healthy lifestyles at the same time, is to make our state more walkable and bikeable. In the next year, working with Representative Keeley and Senator Venables, we will launch the First State Trails and Pathways Plan. I am proposing that we…
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November 3, 2012 0

AWESOME Video: The First State Trails and Pathways Initiative

DNREC has put together this awesome 5 minute video on Governor Jack Markell‘s First State Trails and Pathways Initiative: connecting Delawareans to better health connecting Delaware neighborhoods to parks, schools and local businesses connecting communities to each other connecting people of all ages…to the places they want to go Video Narrator: “Governor Jack Markell envisions…
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November 2, 2012 0

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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June 20, 2012 0

Proposed Cycling Improvements in Sussex County

See the future of cycling in Sussex County on Thursday: Public Workshop First State Trails & Pathways Initiative Thursday, May 17, from 4 to 7 p.m. Lewes City Hall 114 East 3rd Street, Lewes The Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) and the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) are holding a Public Workshop…
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May 12, 2012 1

See the World-Class Statewide Network of Pathways and Trails DelDOT and DNREC Propose to Build

This has to be seen to be believed. At last week’s Walkable Bikeable Delaware Summit in Dover, Governor Markell announced the launch of the Delaware Trails and Pathways web site.  The site contains a wealth of information about the state’s initiative to make Delaware one of the most walkable and bikeable states in America, and an…
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May 5, 2012 1

3 Counties. 3 Workshops. 1 Plan.

MAY 10: DOVER (Kent County) MAY 14: NEWARK (New Castle County) MAY17: LEWES (Sussex County) The Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT), along with various partner agencies, including the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC), the Wilmington Area Planning Council (WILMAPCO) Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) and the Dover/Kent Metropolitan Planning Organization among others, is…
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May 5, 2012 0