House District 20 includes Milton and Lewes and the area between these two towns. (If you are not 100% sure whether you live in House District 20, you can search here using your address.) If you live in this district your choice on November 3 to represent you in the Delaware House is between the incumbent Representative Alonna Berry and her challenger Gene Dvornick. Using a multiple choice format, we asked these two candidates to share their views on five statements related to traffic safety in Delaware. Their answers are here:
1) I voted for, or agree with, the Truth in E-Bike Marketing Act (HS 1 for HB 439), which prohibits commercial sellers from advertising high-speed electric motorcycles using terms like “electric bicycle” or “e-bike” and requires clear written disclosures regarding a vehicle’s legal classification, power, and licensing requirements.
Berry: “Strongly Agree”
Dvornick: “Agree”
2) I voted for, or support, the recently passed HB 363, which allowed the default speed limit on streets in residential districts to be lowered to 20 mph.
Berry: “Strongly Agree”
Dvornick: “Neither Agree or Disagree”
3) Single-vehicle run-off-the-road crashes account for over a third of Delaware’s fatal crashes. To address this, I would support legislation complementing HB 363 that lowers the default speed limit on low-volume rural roads (e.g. “tar and chip” roads) below the current 50 mph threshold.
Berry: “Strongly Agree”
Dvornick: “Agree”
4) To further reduce traffic crashes on rural roadways, I support making Delaware’s rural road network more “self-explaining” using road surfaces and roadside design that convey a continuous visual message to drivers, providing more effective guidance than intermittent signage alone.
Berry: “Strongly Agree”
Dvornick: “Agree”
5) To reduce crashes at intersections, I support the use of single-lane urban roundabouts and engineering those roundabouts to be slow speed junctions, keeping vehicle speeds under 20 mph at all potential collision points.
Berry: “Strongly Agree”
Dvornick: “Agree”
6) Is there anything else about your record as an elected official, your experience or your views that you think is relevant to improving traffic safety in Delaware for the people you wish to represent in the 154th General Assembly?
Berry: “I was proud to sponsor HB 363 and other legislation aimed at making our roads safer and moving critical infrastructure projects forward. I have also secured funding for local traffic safety improvements and for the study of the Lewes to Milton Georgetown connector trails, because safer connections for people walking and biking must be part of how we plan for growth.
“In Sussex County, traffic safety cannot just mean moving vehicles more efficiently. It means designing communities where children, families, older adults, cyclists and pedestrians can safely get where they need to go. As our area continues to grow, I will continue working with DelDOT, local governments and residents to expand safe bicycle and pedestrian connections, address dangerous roads and intersections and make sure transportation investments keep pace with development.”
Dvornick: “I support the continued expansion of our bicycle trails – especially connecting Milton to the Georgetown-Lewes Trail.”
