So basically Deldot plans for the future, but Residents are not satisfied with the plans (or any plans). Did dupont & the other business ever expand? Or did they cancel their plans because the highway wasn’t built. Its a shame that Deldot planned all our roads to handle capacity till 2030, but plans were shot down because, residents sight of view changed or maybe some people are scared of highways. Now look, Delaware is lacking in road infrastructure & connections & that causes people to think twice about living or working in De. IMHO. Thanks Nimbys. You live in the strip of houses on porter road or Red lion & you control all the say in the whole New Castle. What a corrupt county.
You know Delaware is booming fairly rapidly in population, right? Every other commercial on TV in the Dover/Salisbury market is for home builders (primarily in Sussex).
To use a New Castle reference, Middletown's population was 6,000 in 2000 and is now 21,000. They're building everywhere in this state.
And I see the Boom going on down state, and it’s great, Im happy they are building homes down there, but up here in New Castle , this area needs help, The city of Wilmington is the top of the Iceberg with plans shot down & projects failing, now some plans might have been bad & some good, Ill give you that. But look at Delawares location IMO situated between 3 major cities Baltimore, Philly and New York, You would think planners & developers would think a little more creatively, using models from Bigger cities to atleast become a moderate sized city with options for everyone & everything, I get upset when I drive to philly and see how great everything looks, but you drive to Delaware & thats a 35 minute trip ( with no traffic) & you wonder what the fuck happened.
Reading on Wiki, It says Wilmington Delaware was the biggest producer of Steel & ships on in the whole country, how did we go from that to, a population of 72,000???
New Castle is another thing, poor planning & no amenities. New Castle could have Easily made a light rail line from elkton to Wilmington, would have solved every issue for people without cars.
Newark could have been a even better city with the UD Campus, some of you know the rant I threw about the Newark beltway.
I speak so highly of these issues, because I love Delaware. I will learn everything I have to learn and be a person in Delaware to fix problems & help the people that actually care & live & work in Delaware everyday, I wont be another Pettinaro or Capano & just fuck everything up. Or let it get that way.
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