WILMAPCO - Winter 2023
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Winter 2023
Quarterly newsletter of the Wilmington Area Planning Council TRANSPORTER
Update to the Regional Transportation Plan
Is Set for Release
WILMAPCO continues to make good progress preparing an update to the Regional Transportation Plan (RTP). The RTP sets out the region’s policy goals, objectives, actions, and performance measures. It also lists all upcoming major transportation projects.
PM2.5 Emission Projections in New Castle County
Several tweaks to the RTP’s policy section are proposed as part of this update. Given the recent rise in crashes and fatalities, one new action will support the development of a “Vision Zero Plan” for New Castle County. Introduced as a national policy in Sweden in 1997, Vision Zero seeks and severe injuries, while increasing safety, health, and mobility for all.
The RTP will also give increased emphasis to supporting national
defense preparedness and data sharing, both in step with recent federal guidance. And stronger emphasis is placed on reducing carbon emissions via a new performance target for lower vehicle miles traveled by 2030.
which of the hundreds of possible transportation projects could be billion is expected to be available for transportation projects in New Castle million in Cecil County. While that is a great deal of funding, most of it will current RTP. We do anticipate some new projects will be pursued, however,
through competitive grants and innovative funding sources.
There are more than 100 projects on
forecasted funding) projects in New Castle County, and about a dozen in Cecil County. They range in size from a $26,000 effort to make interim 7 intersection in 2028, to a $1.2 billion of the available funding is pinned to major expansion projects, such as the capacity along SR 1 and other arterials and major interchanges.
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