Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 257

FORMERLY

HOUSE SUBSTITUTE NO. 1 FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 907

AS AMENDED BY SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1

AN ACT MAKING A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF BRIDGE REPLACEMENTS, DRAINAGE DITCHING, ROAD PATCHING, STREET SIGN MAINTENANCE, AND RESURFACING AND PAVEMENT MARKING.

WHEREAS, Senate Bill 229 and House Bill 314 of the First Session of the 130th General Assembly authorized $16.4 million of special road and highway improvements in order to meet the immediate needs of the State; and

WHEREAS, this Operation Overhaul program has succeeded in addressing only a portion of the State's pressing transportation needs; and

WHEREAS, the Governor and the General Assembly have asked for a Son of Overhaul Program to continue improving roads, streets and highways throughout the entire State; and

WHEREAS, the General Fund contains balances in excess of the amounts required to pay ordinary appropriations and to fully fund the Budget Reserve Account.

NOW, THEREFORE:

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE (Three-fifths of all members elected to each House thereof concurring therein):

Section 1. The sum of seven million one hundred seventy-one thousand ($7,171,000) is hereby appropriated to the Department of Transportation, Division of Highways, for the purpose of bridge replacements, drainage, ditching, road patching, street sign maintenance, and resurfacing and pavement marking. The amounts appropriated shall be as set forth below:

(55-05-000) Division Highways

OPERATIONS

Millsboro Bridge Replacement $ 405,000

Lateral and Longitudinal Ditching,

Drainage 546,500

In-House Small Bridge Replacements 60,000

Suburban Street Sign Maintenance 40,000

Patching, Resurfacing and Marking:

North District 2,581,000

Central District 1,535,000

South District 2,003, 500

TOTAL $ 7,171,000

Section 2. The funds appropriated for Patching, Resurfacing, and Marking in the North, Central and South Districts shall be expended to finance all or a portion of the cost of the projects set forth in the Project Schedule, attached hereto.

Section 3. $356,000 of the $2,581,000 appropriated in Section 1 of this Act for Patching, Resurfacing and Marking - North District shall be allocated by the Department of Transportation for the purpose of repairing and resurfacing State-Maintained Streets in the City of Wilmington, as further described in the Project Schedule attached hereto.

Section 4. It is the intent of the General Assembly that the funds appropriated in Section 1 of this Act be paid by the State Treasurer from surplus General Fund monies over and above those required to fully fund the Budget Reserve Account.

Section 5. Those funds appropriated for Lateral and Longitudinal Ditching, Drainage for In-House Small Bridge Replacements and for Suburban Street Sign Maintenance, and remaining unencumbered on June 30, 1981 shall revert to the General Fund of the State of Delaware.

Section 6. Those funds appropriated for the Millsboro Bridge Replacement and for Patching, Resurfacing, and Marking in the North, Central, and South Districts and remaining unencumbered on December 31, 1981 shall revert to the General Fund of the State of Delaware.

Section 7. The Secretary of the Department of Transportation shall provide the Governor, each member of the General Assembly and the Controller General with status reports of the projects funded herein. The reports shall be prepared as of June 15, 1981 and December 31, 1981 and shall provide details on the status of all projects and the Department's accomplishments under this appropriation.

PROJECT SCHEDULE
NORTH DISTRICT

RESURFACING
HOT MIX

District Roads

Airport & Churchman's
Road Intersection

Barksdale Road Brown's Lane

Buck Road

Henderson Road

Kiamensi-Stanton Rd. Murphy Drive

Old Papermill Road Philadelphia Pike

Rockwood Road Route 7

Route 13

Sharpless Road Silverside Road Smalley's Dam Road

Southwood Road

Telegraph Road Welsh Tract Road

Location

From To

Intersection Turning Lanes Only

Near Railroad Crossing

Route 336 Road 18

Kennett Pike Route 100

St. Mark's Ent. Henderson

Heights

Stanton-Marshallton-Basin Rd.

Dexter Drive Foulk Road

Papermill Road Dead End

Governor Printz Pennsylvania

Line

Weldon Road Washington St.
Churchmans Rd. Intersection Bottom Penny Hill (Phila Pike)

Old Wilmington Rd. Route 82 1-95 Bridge (Emergency Repair)

Route 7 Old Baltimore

Pike

Valley Road Pennsylvania

Line

RR Overpass

Route 896 Road 389

Sub-Total $ 690,500

Wilmington City Streets Location From To

Brandywine Cemetery

Greenhill Avenue Jackson Street

8th Street 15th Street

Front Street Walnut St.

Cut-Off

Front Street S. Market St.
Washington St. Br. 17th Street

Street

Delaware Avenue Lancaster Avenue King Street

South Market Street

South Walnut Street Washington Street Cost $ 60,000
90,000
52,000

71,000
48,000
35.000

Suburban Developments Needs) Cost Sub-Total

Development $ 356,000

Cost

(Certain Streets with Identified Development

Augustine Hills $ 10,000 Kings Ridge $ 12,000

Bellevue Manor 20,000 Kirkwood Estates 25,000

Bon Ayre 15,000 Lancashire 10,000

Brandywine Springs Manor 50,000 Longview Farms 23,000

Brookhaven 12,000 Maplewood Lane

Brookland Terrace 8,000 Off Foulke Road 24,000

Brookside Park 40,000 McDaniel Crest 15,000

Cardiff 15,000 Melanie Woods 31,000

Chalfonte 15,000 Minquadale 15,000

Channin 10,000 Montclare 15,000

Chestnut Hill Est. 9,000 Newport Heights 16,000

Christine Manor 50,000 Northridge 34,500

Collins Park 20,000 Parkwood 7,000

Coventry 10,000 Pembrey 20,000

Cranston Heights 18,000 Penn Acres 10,000

Darley Woods 15,000 Radnor Green 15,000

Dartmouth 15,000 Robscott Manor 15,000

Deerhurst 30,000 Sharpley 16,000

Delwood 20,000 Sheridan Square 20,000

Devon 15,000 Silview 50,000

Devnonshire 12,000 Surrey Park 6,000

Dunleith 13,000 Tarleton 15,000

Foulkside 8,000 Wellington Hills 54,000

Forest Brook Glen 13,000 Westerloo 5,000

Forwood 13,000 White Hall 30,000

Glen Burnie 30,000 Wilmington Manor 14,000

Gordon Heights 26,000 Wilmington Manor

Gardens 15,000

Green Leaf Manor 20,000 Windy Hills 23,000

Heritage Park 10,000 Woodland Heights 15,000

Hillendale 2,000 Woodside Hills 21,000

Holloway Terrace 15,000 Woodside Manor 7,000
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Jefferson Farms 25,000

Suburban Street Sub-Total $ 1,162,500

HOT MIX Sub-Total $ 2,209,000

North District

CONCRETE PATCHING

District Roads From To Cost

Milltown Road Route 2 Route 41 $ 37,500

Kirkwood Highway St. James Church Old Capitol Trail

North 34,500

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CONCRETE PATCHING Sub-Total $ 72,000

RESERVE, UTILITY ADJUSTMENTS, MARKINGS, ETC. $ 300,000

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TOTAL NORTH DISTRICT $ 2i 581i 000

PROJECT SCHEDULE

Central District

RESURFACING

HOT MIX

District Roads

U. S. 13 (N/B)

Route 11 Route 300

Road 18 Road 18 Road 88 Road 90 Road 389

State Street
State Street

Location

From To Cost

Route 299 Osbourne St. $ 15,000

Route 44 Maryland Line 103,500

Route 6 Road 90 117,000

Road 343 End 30,500

Road 374 Road 343 50,000

U. S. 13 Road 337 72,000

200' W. of U.S. 13 Road 137 36,000

Road 10 Murderkill

River 30,000

U. 5.13 Hope Street 70,000

The Green Loockerman St. 30,500

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HOT MIX Sub-Total $ 554,500

SURFACE TREATED ROADS $ 800,500

SUBURBAN DEVELOPMENTS (Certain Streets with Identified Needs)

Development Cost

Du Pont Manor $ 25,000

Fox Hall Drive 10,000

Hilldale 2,500

Hoar's Addition 4,000

Industrial Park 4,000

Lynch Heights (Keller Avenue) 2,000

Meadow Brook 28,000

Palmer Park 3,500

Smyrna Landing 18,000

Star Hill Village 3,000

Suburban Development Sub-Total $ 100,000

RESERVE UTILITY ADJUSTMENTS, MARKINGS, ETC. $ 80,000

---.TOTAL CENTRAL DISTRICT $ 12 5351 000

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South District

RESURFACING

HOT MIX

Location

District Roads From To Cost

Route 9 Road 248 Route 5 $ 81,000

Route 12 Route 1 Road 269 17,000

Route 13 North Bound Shoulder Lane

South of Road 462 4,500

Route 13-A Route 28 Road 70 24,500

Route I3-A Route 13 S. Bridgeville

Limit 42,500

Route 13-A N. Bridgeville

Limit Route 13 42,500

Delaware 24 .8 mile 12-A West Town Limits of

Laurel 80,000

Road 249 Route 5 Milton City

Limits 18,000

Road 319 Route 9 Road 565 130,000

Road 360 Road 357 Route 1 59,500

Road 401 Route 26 Road 405 134,000

Road 432 Route 113 Route 20 96,000

Road 493 Route 13-A Bethel Limit 119,000

Road 54 Road 401 Road 356 40,000

Greenwood

(Governor's Avenue) Route 13-A Church Street 52,000

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HOT MIX Sub-Total $ 940,500

SURFACE TREATED ROADS $ 869,500

SUBURBAN DEVELOPMENTS (Certain Streets with Identified Needs)

Development Cost

Bank's Acres $ 11,200

Bell Town 2,000

Bryan Park 3,700

Colonial Acres 3,500

Donovan Development 2,800

Eastman heights 16,300

Freidel Development 17,000

Harlem town 1,350

Holliday Acres - White Street 5,000

Lake Shores - Dolby Road 2,550

Lloyd Development 1,250

Midway Development 6,250

Sandune Village 7,300

Shockley Heights 1,050

William F. Wilgus, Jr., Dev. 2 250

SUBURBAN DEVELOPMENT Sub-Total $ 83,500

RESERVE, UTILITY ADJUSTMENTS, MARKINGS, ETC

TOTAL SOUTH DISTRICT

GRAND TOTAL PATCHING, RESURFACING AND MARKING

110,000

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$1,225_29.

Approved June 9, 1980