Delaware

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(For DE 896)  TRAFFIC ALERT - New Castle County - I-95/Rt 896 Interchange--Upcoming Closures

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Adams Street Streetscape Phase II Public Workshop

The Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) will hold a Public Workshop on Thursday, June 12, 2025, to provide information on the Adams Street Pedestrian Improvements (T202466302). The workshop will be conducted from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm at the Delaware Transit Corporation building located at 119 Lower Beech St #100, Wilmington, DE 19805.

The Adams Street projects are intended to improve safety, expand pedestrian and bicycle facilities in the area and, along with DelDOT's planned Jackson Street Improvements project, better connect communities divided by I-95 through complete streets improvements. The Adams Street Pedestrian Improvements will be completed in two projects to provide multi-modal improvements from the Riverfront to 8th Street and pedestrian improvements from 6th Street to Delaware Avenue. Lighting and signal improvements are included to improve safety for the multi-modal environment. DelDOT will be presenting graphics illustrating the improvements, along with the projects' schedules.

(Affects DE 52)  TRAFFIC ALERT - New Castle County - The N Adams St./Adams St. Ramp onto NB I-95 to Close for Several Nights

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(For I-95 and DE 896)  TRAFFIC ALERT - New Castle County - I-95/Rt 896 Interchange--Upcoming Closures

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(For US 13 and DE 10 I think)  TRAFFIC ALERT - Kent County - East Camden Bypass Intersection Work

(For North Millsboro Bypass and DE 24)  TRAFFIC ALERT - Sussex County - Closure of Hollyville Road between Washington Street Ext and SR 24

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(For North Millsboro Bypass and DE 24)  TRAFFIC ALERT - Sussex County - Nighttime Lane Closures on Rt. 24 near Hollyville Road

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(For DE 2 and DE 141)  TRAFFIC ALERT - New Castle County - A Ramp Will Be Closed Overnight for Overhead Sign Work

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(For DE 9)  TRAFFIC ALERT - New Castle County - New Castle County - Paving Will Close a Section of Route 9 During the Daytime

[elsmere241]

This snarled traffic for hours this morning.

https://www.wdel.com/news/no-injuries-no-leaks-in-bear-train-derailment/article_b0f0f3c3-fd2b-47a1-b6dc-02d9211efefb.html

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(For DE 896)  TRAFFIC ALERT - New Castle County - I-95/Route 896 Interchange--Upcoming Closures

[MASTERNC]

Delaware wants to join the transponder discrimination party, at least for SR 1.  A round-trip without a Delaware E-ZPass might hit $24 on weekends.  Strangely, I-95 and US 301 would charge all E-ZPass users the same $5 rate.

DelDOT planning toll hikes later this year, out-of-state drivers to pay substantially more

[plain]

Delaware wants to join the transponder discrimination party, at least for SR 1.  A round-trip without a Delaware E-ZPass might hit $24 on weekends.  Strangely, I-95 and US 301 would charge all E-ZPass users the same $5 rate.

DelDOT planning toll hikes later this year, out-of-state drivers to pay substantially more

That proposal for DE 1 is absolutely ridiculous. This is going to put an unnecessary burden on US 13, and I can also see more speeding tickets being handed out 

[sprjus4]

Delaware wants to join the transponder discrimination party, at least for SR 1.  A round-trip without a Delaware E-ZPass might hit $24 on weekends.  Strangely, I-95 and US 301 would charge all E-ZPass users the same $5 rate.

DelDOT planning toll hikes later this year, out-of-state drivers to pay substantially more

That proposal for DE 1 is absolutely ridiculous. This is going to put an unnecessary burden on US 13, and I can also see more speeding tickets being handed out 

I'm not understanding the article exactly.

Right now, the toll for 33 miles of highway between Dover and US-301 is $2.00 during off peak and $6.00 during peak weekends.

That is $1.00 at each toll plaza (there's 2) during the week, and $3.00 at each during the weekend.

It is proposed that each toll plaza, for out of state drivers, would go up to $2.50 off peak and $6.00 peak. For a single trip, that is $5.00 off-peak and $12.00 peak.

This is the excerpt I don't understand:

That means out-of-state drivers would be paying $16 on weekdays-only, and $24 for weekends-only roundtrips for a stretch of 38 miles in each direction.

Wouldn't an out of state driver be paying $10.00 for an off-peak round trip, not $16.00?

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This proposal reminds me of what West Virginia did with their turnpike a few years back. All 3 toll plazas doubled their rates essentially. The difference though is that they don't discriminate between in vs. out of state E-ZPass. That route also doesn't have any viable alternatives (though the northern plaza is somewhat easy to avoid), DE-1 has US-13.

Price discriminating like that should not be allowed. If you're going to spike the tolls, spike them for everyone. We are all paying to drive on the same road.

US-301's toll is also ridiculous, particularly with banning trucks from bypassing them at the state line, and now that will go up even more all the way to $5.00. It is a nice toll road, but it is not worth that much - especially when you can bypass the most expensive toll plaza quite easily.

It reminds me of the VA-168 Chesapeake Expressway down here in southern Hampton Roads going to the Outer Banks. Nice road (with its rural 55 mph speed limit), but steeply overpriced ($4 off peak, $9 for 6 miles on summer weekends!!) and easy to bypass.

Easy to lure summer tourists in (a nice short toll highway segment that just dumps right into a surface road) and some commuters during rush hour, but practically empty any other time. It would be bankrupt if it wasn't for the summer tourist season - the exact reason it was built.

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(For DE 141 and DE 62)  TRAFFIC ALERT - New Castle County - Nighttime Lane Closures for Paving

[FLAVORTOWN]

Man, the new DE-896 interchange opened and one of the BGSes are damaged already.    looks like a truck clipped the signed for 896 South

[jeffandnicole]

US-301's toll is also ridiculous, particularly with banning trucks from bypassing them at the state line, and now that will go up even more all the way to $5.00. It is a nice toll road, but it is not worth that much - especially when you can bypass the most expensive toll plaza quite easily.

The Delaware Turnpike, at just slightly under 11 miles, is actually shorter than US 301, which is just over 11 miles.  On a per-mile basis, the toll is about the same, and there is some sense in making it the same price.  301 cost a pretty penny to build, and DE needs to pay off those bonds.  95 has continuous construction projects going on, including, ironically, an interchange to make it easier to avoid the tolls.

That proposal for DE 1 is absolutely ridiculous. This is going to put an unnecessary burden on US 13...

Yeah, I'm not sure what the reasoning is here.  Unlike many, I don't get overly perturbed with the transponder discrimination.  It would seem Delaware would want to keep thru traffic off of US 13, which is already congested with local traffic.  Enact a higher toll?  Sure.  Enact a toll that will turn people off from the highway, or even worse, going down to the beach region?  It's a bit overboard, unless they're using it to fund DE 1 improvements south of the toll road area.

It is proposed that each toll plaza, for out of state drivers, would go up to $2.50 off peak and $6.00 peak. For a single trip, that is $5.00 off-peak and $12.00 peak.

Technically, it's for those without a Delaware EZ Pass. DE drivers may be paying much more if they have tags for another state to benefit from their discriminations.

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(For DE 896)  TRAFFIC ALERT - New Castle County - I-95/Rt 896 Interchange--Upcoming Closures

[MASTERNC]

The high weekend toll makes no sense either outside of the peak summer beach season. They should be encouraging visits to the shore towns in the off-season with a lower toll. The weekday toll is likely to appease legislators who have to drive down to Dover from the most populous area

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(For DE 1, from COASTTV) DelDOT breaks ground on three year project to improve safety crossing Route 1