WHAT: Governor Jack Markell, DelDOT Secretary Jennifer Cohan and DNREC Secretary David Small, invite you to attend a ribbon cutting to celebrate the completion of the Junction Breakwater Trail. WHEN: Monday, July 13, 2015 at 12 p.m. WHERE: grassy area in front of The Old Screen Door Shop at 209 Monroe Avenue, Lewes, 19958 After more than a…
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Check out the slide show below for the 8 most important reasons that Delaware is ranked as the most bicycle friendly state east of the Mississippi River: Link to Slide Show: http://www.bikede.org/2015/05/13/top-8-reasons/ RELATED: • 2015 Bicycle Friendly State Ranking • Delaware’s 2015 Bicycle Friendly State “Report Card” • The Fourth Most Bicycle Friendly State in America (Ranking from…
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Read More: Delaware General Assembly Votes $6.3 Million for Cycling Markell and Denn: “We are going to help make Delaware the most bicycle friendly state in America.” Thank you, Governor Markell Two State of the State speeches in a row We’ve Got Your Back Read More: Senator Peterson Praises DelDOT for Improving…
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Gov. Jack Markell announced last week that he will nominate Jennifer Cohan, the Director of the Delaware Division of Motor Vehicles, to replace Shailen Bhatt as the secretary of the Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT). Bhatt is resigning to become the executive director of the Colorado Department of Transportation. During his tenure as secretary, Bhatt…
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Cyclists riding 325 miles from Philadelphia to Fredericksburg, Virginia on the East Coast Greenway stopped in Wilmington on Monday morning and met Governor Jack Markell to discuss how Delaware has become the fourth most bicycle-friendly state in the country, as well as the development of the East Coast Greenway in Delaware. The governor spoke about upcoming bicycle and…
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In a very early vote Tuesday morning, both the Delaware House and Senate voted unanimously to approve an FY15 capital budget bill (HB425) for the state of Delaware that includes a new and substantial $6.3 million commitment to cycling. The $6.3 million commitment for cycling approved this morning includes $3.6 million for “Bike and Pedestrian Improvements” for the…
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On Monday, the Delaware General Assembly will vote on an FY15 capital budget bill (House Bill 425) for the state. Delaware’s legislative capital budget writing committee unanimously passed a proposed bill on June 19. Despite lower than projected revenues that necessitated cuts in several of the funding priorities identified in Governor Jack Markell’s budget proposed in January, the committee decided…
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June 14, 2014 – Bear, Delaware With happy students from Wilbur and Southern Elementary Schools looking on, Governor Jack Markell signed a bill on Saturday to make cycling the Official Sport of Delaware. The prime sponsors of House Bill 235 were Representative Valerie Longhurst, Senator Nicole Poore and Senator David Sokola. Additional sponsors were Reps. Gerald Brady and Debra Heffernan; and…
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Like the Castle Trail near Delaware City and the Pomeroy Trail in Newark, Delaware is about to finally open another long-awaited trail. This time, it’s the Gordons Pond Trail near Lewes! The new trail, part of Governor Markell’s First State Trails and Pathways Plan, will extend from the observation platform at Gordons Pond to the…
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