DelDOT Credit Ratings Remain Strong Despite Slow Economy by Dover — The Department of Transportation (DelDOT) announces a successful Delaware Transportation Authority bond sale, providing $ 111 million in proceeds to fund capital projects, which affirmed the importance of the excellent bond ratings from Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s. The credit-conscious municipal market is rewarding … Read more
DMV Adds New Features to Online Services Menu / Redesigned Website Now Offers Vanity Tag Reservation Service & Handicap Placard Issuance & Renewals by Dover — In conjunction with a new website design, the Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has added three new functions to their menu of online services. The new features will assist … Read more
Recovery-Funded Old Lancaster Pike Project Bid Awarded / Middletown-based contractor set to do work by Hockessin — The Department of Transportation (DelDOT) has awarded the bid for the Old Lancaster Pike Streetscape Improvements to Mumford & Miller Concrete, Inc. of Middletown. The American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA) project bid was awarded July 16 and … Read more
TRAFFIC ALERT – Recovery-Funded I-95 Pave and Rehab Project Set to Start Monday Night by Wilmington — The Department of Transportation (DelDOT) announces that night work will begin at 9 p.m. Monday, Aug. 31, on I-95 southbound. The public can expect about two months of pavement and rehabilitative work, limited to the schedule of 9 … Read more
TRAFFIC ALERT – Route 13 at Boyds Corner Will Close Weekend of Sept. 18-21 / Year-long project to improve intersection requires closure by Middletown — The Department of Transportation (DelDOT) announces that sections of Route 13, at Boyds Corner, in New Castle County, will be closed at 7p.m., Friday, September 18 and remain closed until … Read more
Delaware’s People’s Choice Award Contest / I-95 Widening Nominated as 2009 America’s Transportation Award by Dover — Delaware’s Transportation Secretary Carolann Wicks and the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) are campaigning Delawareans to get out the vote to support the I-95 5th Lane Widening Project in a national “People’s Choice Award” … Read more
DMV Places Comfort Ride Express on Administrative Probation for Public Carrier Regulation Violations by Dover — Effective December 14, 2009, the Delaware Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV), Office of Public Carrier Regulations has placed Comfort Ride Express Inc. on Administrative Probation based on findings of a recent investigation associated with the death of a Lewes … Read more
DMV To Implement Major Upgrades / Renovations to all DMV Locations Needed to Meet New Federal Security Requirements by Dover — The Department of Transportation (DelDOT) announces that effective February 1, 2010, all four Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) facilities will be undergoing major interior construction as the DMV enhances the physical security of its … Read more
Contract Awarded For I-95 Newark Toll Plaza Highway Speed E-ZPass Lanes / Funded by American Recovery & Reinvestment Act by Newark — The Department of Transportation (DelDOT) announces that Newark-based contractor A-Del Construction Company has been awarded a contract to reconstruct and reconfigure the I-95 Newark Toll Plaza to incorporate multiple highway speed E-ZPass lanes … Read more
TRAFFIC ALERT – Local Road Improvements Related to I-95 Toll Plaza Reconstruction Will Require Nighttime Lane Closures / Beginning Sunday, April 25 by Newark — The Department of Transportation (DelDOT) announces that Greggo & Ferrara, Inc., will begin construction Sunday, April 25, on work that will include intersection improvements, enhanced turn lanes, and striping for … Read more