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8 - CAPE GAZETTE, Friday, Jan. 19 - Jan. 25, 2001
DelDOT
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Administrator Gary Taylor. "We
want you to listen."
Speaker after speaker, however,
complained that the state does not
spend nearly enough money in
Sussex County and that funding
needs to be found to study a limit-
ed access north south route for
Sussex County.
There were other concerns as
well. South Bethany residents
said DelDOT needs to stop drain-
ing roadways into its canals. Sev-
eral speakers argued that service
roads are needed along major
roads. Blueberry farmer Tom
Ryan, Sussex County Administra-
tor Bob Stickels and others ques-
tioned the wisdom of doing wet-
land mitigation in the Cypress
Swamp area.
The $116 million budgeted for
Sussex County, compared to the
$573 million budgeted for New
Castle County drew the attention
of speakers. Spending in both
counties has increased consider-
ably, but some said Sussex Coun-
ty growth warrants more money.
Stickels called for a budget of
$244 million, including $100 mil-
lion for East-West roadway im-
provements. "We need a plan of
vision, not just paving and patch-
ing."
"I hope you will remember that
there are three counties in
Delaware," said Lewes City
Councilman Jud Bennett.
Officials in Dagsboro, Blades
and Laurel all said they anticipate
explosive growth in their towns.
"Two-thirds of the town is unde-
veloped, but it will be developed,"
said Dagsboro Mayor Bradley
Connor. "We need to look to the
future and the future is going to be
here before you have planned to
addres the issues."
Others said that DelDOT needs
to move quickly to study the pos-
sibility of a limited access road.
Such a road would be similar to
the Route 1 bypass in Kent and
New Castle Counties, but con-
struction would be years away.
Georgetown Mayor Bob Ricker
said "we feel that the limited ac-
cess highway is very, very impor-
tant."
Senator George H. Bunting Jr.,
D-Bethany Beach, argued for the
study, saying
"We must have
a vision and
we must take
that vision and
make it reali-
ty."
Such a road
would be ex-
BUNTING pected to take
pressure off
Route 13 and Route 113 in the fu-
ture. Rep. Shirley Price, D-Mil-
lville, called for dualization of at
least the most western portion of
Route 9. Bennett said more needs
to be done for Savannah Road and
other Lewes roads. "When trucks
go down Savannah Road, the
houses shake," he said.
Citizens Coalition member
Mable Granke argued that it is al-
ready too late to do a proposed
study of Route 24, noting that a
new school and a Beebe Medical
Center facility are planned for that
area.
Granke said any possible visitor
center and museum planned for
just outside Rehoboth Beach
should be linked to a park and ride
lot, which is proposed to be locat-
ed in the Nassau area.
She also urged the addition of
service roads for Route 1, a con-
cern echoed by some in western
Sussex County. "Service
lanes...could reduce traffic delays,
minimize accidents and better
serve people," she said.
Roberta Glenn, representing
Delmar, called for service roads
"so that our community can con-
tinue to live."
Bunting was one of two speak-
ers to worry that the Indian River
Inlet bridge is being undermined
as the inlet deepens and to ques-
tion whether bridge safety should
become an issue.
"The congregation has told you
tonight," Rep. George Carey, Mil-
ford, told Hayward.
an and Mexican airports. The
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dollars, reportedly don't stamp
Continued from page 7 American passports to avoid
Alliance for a Responsible Cuba
Policy. That organization doesn't
see the threat that the Cuban
American Foundation sees.
Rather, it favors the easing of re-
strictions against Cuba. Legisla-
tion is being crafted which would
ease the flow of medicinal and
agricultural products between Cu-
ba and the U.S. After that, the
next step would be to lift the em-
bargo and allow Americans to
travel freely back and forth to Cu-
ba.
Many Americans travel to Cuba
now illegally. Cubans reportedly
love American dollars and their
economy is in sore need of an in-
flow of revenue. Tourists from
other nations around the world
visit Cuba by the millions. Amer-
icans fall in with them at Canadi-
causing problems for the Ameri-
cans at home. But once in Cuba
travel is reportedly free and easy
without restriction.
Our mission is to take a look at
the Cuban tourism industry and
compare it to our own. We want
to gauge the health of the Cuban
beaches and the state of eco-
tourism. In the not-too-distant fu-
ture, Cuba may open to American
travelers. For now, we enjoy
many freedoms as American citi-
zens but one of them is not travel-
ing to Cuba.
With luck we will return, but
only after sampling one of the few
frozen daiquiris - without sugar -
left by Hemingway at La Floridita
in Havana. We want to be able to
report on such details with accu-
racy and grace.
This graphic shows the planned capital spending for transportation in New Castle, Kent
and Sussex counties.
Submitted drawin
Bridle Ridge Properties eyes Plantations Road site
This illustration shows the location of a proposed project at the intersection of Sussex 285
and Sussex 275, more commonly referred to as Plantations Road. The project would be devel-
oped on farm land iuediately opposite Lowe's.
Bridle Ridge Properties LLC proposes to develop 119 acres of land with 129 apartments, 238
single-family homes, another 95 apartments, a 125,000-square-foot medical/dental office and a
total of 75,000 square feet of general office space. The land would have to be rezoned to ac-
commodate the plans.
The land is called the KnaLpp Property and is now undeveloped. Plans are very preliminary
and have not yet been consi,dered by the Sussex County Planning and Zoning Commission or
the Sussex County Council.
Information obtained froma Delaware's Department of Transportation ODelDOT); however,
includes a mention of a possible Five Points bypass.
That information includes an April I9, 2000 fax from developer Pret Dyer to DelDOT offi.
rials discussing the possibility f h a route which says "This bypass would accommodate
northbound truffle on Rouge I that would go westbound on Route 9 without having to go
through the Five Points intorzeetlon. A light at Shady Road and Route I would accommodate
this eoncept..JAkewise, trafe eastbound on Route 9 wmfld utilize the bypass without going
through the already crowdod Five Points intersection. We would like you to review this pro-
peal and eomet us with your eommeats?