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Kings Highway plan: Not perfect but best plan yet devised - Commentary CG 4/19/2024
Roundabouts safety needs to be questioned LTE - CG 4/16/2024
Roundabout reaction cartoon - CG 4/9/2024
DelDOT needs workable, fact-based solutions - CG 3/22/2024
Gills Neck Road needs improvement - CH 3/8/2024
Reduce Kings Highway plan to two roundabouts - CG 3/8/2024
Kings Hwy.: Two roundabouts are enough - CG 3/8/2024
Roundabouts work all over the world - CG. 3/5/2024
DelDOT should listen to public - CG 3/1/2024
No answers to Kings Highway questions - CG 3/1/2024
Send Kings Highway project back to drawing board - CG 2/27/2024
Is there a cost effective solution to Kings Highway - CG 2/27/2024
Roundabouts a bad idea for Kings Highway - CG 2/23/2024
Public gets another look at Kings Highway plan - CG 2/23/2024
Historic Lewes Byway Committee supports Kings Highway Plan - CG 2/16/2024
Time for Sussex County Council to make real change - CG 9/12/2023
Sussex P&Z should not be a court of equity - CG 9/12/2023
Kings Highway setback waivers only benefit developers - CG 9/8/2023
Roundabout replay cartoon - CG 5/26/2023
Delaware Roundabouts - DelDOT website about roundabouts
Kings Highway plan: Not perfect but best plan yet devised - Commentary CG 4/19/2024
Roundabouts safety needs to be questioned LTE - CG 4/16/2024
More than 20 years of debate over Route 1 - CG 4/5/2024
Roundabouts are polarizing in Delaware - CG 4/5/2024
Roundabout 101: Why they're safer than lights - ktvz.com 3/12/2024
DelDOT should listen to public - CG 3/1/2024
Kings Highway: A much-debated stretch of road - CG 2/29/2024
Public gets another look at Kings Highway plan - CG 2/23/2024
DelDOT Kings Highway Portal Updated with 2024 CHHS Workshop Materials 2/21/2024
HLBC Kings Highway DelDOT Flyer - 02/20/2024
HLBC LTE to Cape Gazette - 02/20/2024
DelDOT Video with Shante Hastings discussing roundabouts
1/19/2023 First Baptist Church site plan approved in Lewes - Cape Gazette
12/8/2022 First Baptist Church plans to be discussed Dec. 13 - Cape Gazette

- - 10/7/2022 Mitchell's Corner wants annexation waiver from Lewes - Cape Gazette
  - 7/29/2022 Mitchell's Corner rezoning approved by Sussex council - Cape Gazette
  - 6/21/2022 Coral Lakes back on Sussex P&Z Agenda Cape Gazette (Village Center within)
  - 5/17/2022 Road improvements in plans for Mitchell's Corner - Part 2 Cape Gazette
  - 4/29/2022 Lewes wells key issue in Mitchell's Corner debate - Part 1 Cape Gazette
  - 4/29/2022 Lewes council addresses Mitchell's Corner proposal - Cape Gazette
  - 4/22/2022 Sussex P&Z backs Mitchell's Corner project in Lewes. Cape Gazette
  - 3/25/2022 Questions remained unanswered about Mitchell's Corner - Cape Gazette
  - 3/18/2022 Mitchell's Corner includes 267 inits, office building - Cape Gazette
  - 2/25/2022 Kings Highway project includes five roundabouts - Cape Gazette
  - 2/4/2022 Virtual workshop on Kings Highway scheduled - Cape Gazette
  - 1/21/2022 Rezoning requests deserve careful scrutiny - Cape Gazette
  - 12/17/2021 Zwaanendael project will require four applications - Cape Gazette
  - 12/10/2021 Plans change for Zwaanendael Farm tract in Lewes - Cape Gazette
  - 11/19/2021 PLUS Review State Comments Village Center Cottages: State agency comments to the 10/27/2021 PLUS applications including DelDOT, Traffic, water, archeological and more...
  - 11/17/2021 Village Center Cottages proposed along Gills Neck Road - Cape Gazette
  - 10/27/2021 PLUS Review: Village Center Cottages (2021-10-06): Project: Review of a proposed rezoning of 16 acres from AR-1 to MR and a site plan for 93 residential units along Gills Neck Road in Sussex County. The site is located between Governors and the Village Center Strip Center.
  - 10/21/2021 Big Oyster Expanding Again - Cape Gazette
  - 9/28/2021 Olde Town at White's Pond approved by Lewes Council - Cape Gazette
  - 9/10/2021 Lewes holds public hearing for White's Pond final plan - Cape Gazette
  - 9/3/2021 DelDOT adds nine Sussex projects to capital program - Cape Gazette (no mention of Kings Highway CTP?)
  - 8/15/2021 First beam placed at The Lodge at Historic Lewes - Cape Gazette
  - 7/27/2021 Lewes planners recommend approval of Olde Town at White's Ponds - Cape Gazette
  - 6/17/2021 Site work underway at The Lodge of Historic Lewes - Cape Gazette
  - 12/31/2020 Sussex, DelDOT collaboration encouraging (FAST) - Cape Gazette
  - 12/17/2020 Cape Region housing boom continues - Cape Gazette
  - 10/1/2020 Follow Kings Highway/Gills Neck Master Plan Joseph Pika, Cape Gazette

DelDOT to spend $1.3 billion over six years in SussexState transportation officials plan to spend more than $1.3 billion on road projects in Sussex County over the next six years, including several grade-separated interchanges on Route 1 and Route 113. The Henlopen Transportation Improvement District...

Cape Gazette article date 3/31/2023

DelDOT provides updates on eastern Sussex projectsThe Delaware Department of Transportation will be spending $250 million on projects over the next six years in just the Five Points area alone. In total, DelDOT plans to spend $1.37 billion across Sussex County during the same time frame. “...

Cape Gazette article date 2/3/2023

Kings Highway project includes five roundaboutsA project to improve traffic flow and plan for future growth along Kings Highway in Lewes includes widening of the roadway to four lanes with shoulders and a shared-use path, and roundabouts at four existing intersections and one new intersection...

Cape Gazette article date 2/25/2022

Virtual workshop on Kings Highway scheduledThe Delaware Department of Transportation has scheduled a virtual public workshop from 4 to 6 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 23, on proposed widening and intersection improvements along Kings Highway in Lewes to improve traffic operation and add additional...

Cape Gazette article date 2/4/2022

Rezoning requests deserve careful scrutinyDuring 2022, at least two significant rezoning requests will be processed through Sussex County’s planning commission and Sussex County Council. One of those requests comes from heirs of Jane and Lowder Mitchell, involving their former farm on Kings...

Cape Gazette article date 1/21/2022

Plans change for Zwaanendael Farm tract in LewesThe Mitchell family, owners of a 52-acre parcel at the intersection of Kings Highway and Gills Neck Road in Lewes, have changed their plans for development of the land. Developer Henlopen Properties LLC of Owings Mills, Md., will make a new...

Cape Gazette article date 12/10/2021

Big Oyster has plans to add more landState agencies are currently reviewing a proposed rezoning for a 1.195-acre parcel along Kings Highway just outside Lewes city limits. Developer Jeff Kalt LLC is seeking rezoning of parcels at 1007 and 1005 Kings Highway from AR-1 agricultural-...

Cape Gazette article 12/28/2021 reporting additional BO piecemeal expansion.

Village Center Cottages proposed along Gills Neck RoadAs the Governors subdivision along Gills Neck Road outside Lewes city limits is entering its final construction phases, the project developer, Jack Lingo Asset Management, is proposing another housing project along the roadway. Village Center...

Village Center Cottages 2021-10-06.pdf

State PLUS Review Application: Village Center Cottages 10/27/2021

2021-10-06-response.pdf

PLUS State Comments to Village Cottages 11/16/2021

Big Oyster Brewery expanding againBig Oyster Brewery in Lewes is expanding its operations again. At its Oct. 13 meeting, Sussex County Planning and Zoning Commission approved a revised final site plan for a 3,000-square-foot storage building and a 1,624-square-foot enclosed outdoor...

Olde Town at White’s Pond approved by Lewes councilLewes Mayor and City Council voted unanimously Sept. 13 to approve the final site plan for an 85-unit major subdivision called Olde Town at White’s Pond. Developer Showfield LLC is planning to build the community on a 37-acre parcel at the corner of...

Lewes holds public hearing for White’s Pond final planLewes Mayor and City Council is expected to vote on the final plan for Olde Town at White’s Pond during its September regular meeting. A public hearing held Aug. 30 drew few concerns from residents except from a trio of Bay Breeze Estates neighbors...

DelDOT adds nine Sussex projects to capital programState transportation officials offered an update of the draft capital transportation program for fiscal years 2022-28, as well as an update on various approved projects in Sussex County during the Aug. 24 county council meeting and the Aug. 26...

No mention of Kings Highway CTP?

First beam placed at The Lodge at Historic LewesA few dozen future residents gathered with the developers and builders of The Lodge at Historic Lewes Aug. 9 to celebrate the placement of the first vertical beam for the 223,000-square-foot, 175-unit senior living facility. Being built along Kings...

Lewes planners recommend approval of Olde Town at White’s PondThe Lewes Planning Commission is recommending approval for an 85-unit single-family-home community along Freeman Highway. Developer Showfield LLC is proposing to build Olde Town at White’s Pond on a 37-acre lot at the corner of Freeman Highway and...

Site work underway at The Lodge at Historic LewesDirt is moving on the future site of The Lodge at Historic Lewes on Kings Highway. Planned is a 223,000-square-foot 175-unit senior living facility with independent and assisted-living units, and memory care apartments. It is being developed in...

FAST is good for Sussex County - maybeGosh, a lot has been written about the Funding Accelerating Safety in Transportation program since Jan. 1. In short, this program identifies an area for DelDOT to target ahead of its current schedule, given safety considerations are deemed a major...

Sussex, DelDOT collaboration encouragingSussex County Council recently approved an agreement with the Delaware Department of Transportation that will dramatically decrease time needed to complete selected transportation improvement projects. Appropriately dubbed FAST (Funding Accelerating...

Sussex council selects first FAST Track projectSussex County Council has taken a major step to get long-awaited road improvement projects completed ahead of Delaware Department of Transportation's anticipated schedule. A project not scheduled to begin for at least four years will now get...

Fast Track Funding - Council Presentation - 10.6.2020.pdf

FAST Program Presentation 10/6/2020

Follow Kings Highway/Gills Neck Master PlanFirst impressions matter. As a destination for visitors, Lewes attracts bikers, birders, history buffs and vacationing families to clean beaches, natural riches and a town steeped in history. These same amenities attract retirees, professionals, and...

Sussex officials look at land-use master planningSussex County officials are taking steps to establish a land-use master planning ordinance to provide property owners with an option to develop large mixed-use commercial and residential projects on sizable parcels with one application. At the Aug...

Dental office in plans for Kings Highway parcelTwo Lewes residents have plans to build medical offices along Kings Highway, and one of the proposed offices could house a dental practice. Beach and Bay LLC has filed an application with Sussex County officials to rezone nearly 1 acre at 16816 and...

Cape Region housing boom continuesThe COVID-19 pandemic has not slowed down the ongoing construction boom in the Cape Region. By all indications, 2020 may be a record year for building. Sussex County government is coming off a near-record fiscal year for building-related revenue and...

Sussex considers new coastal area in comp planBuffers, density, growth zones and AR-1 zoning are key components on the mind of Sussex County Councilman I.G. Burton, R-Lewes, as officials enter the final stage of developing the county's 2018 comprehensive plan. Council is reconsidering the...

Village Centre opposition growsA grassroots organization is strategizing ways it might influence Sussex County Council’s pending vote on a zoning-change request that would clear the way for the proposed Village Centre shopping center near Lewes. About 40 people attended the...

County council discusses revised MOU with DelDOTThe Sussex County Council, at their Tuesday, July 28, meeting, discussed the July revision of the memorandum-of-understanding between the County and the Delaware Department of Transportation, and announced that public

Complexities of DelDOT memorandum surfaceIroning out the final details of the memorandum of understanding for land-use applications between Sussex County and the Delaware Department of Transportation has been a prolonged process. It gets more complex as discussions continue. It doesn't...

Sussex, Lewes, BPW officials to purchase Jones FarmIn a first-of-its-kind deal, three local government agencies and an agribusiness firm are partnering to preserve a key piece of property near Lewes. Sussex County will join with the City of Lewes and the Lewes Board of Public Works to acquire the...

Update to Sussex-DelDOT pact nears final stagesAn update to a memorandum of understanding on land-use applications between Sussex County and Delaware Department of Transportation is set to be drafted by county legal staff. At its March 10 meeting, Sussex County Council agreed to proposed changes...

Traffic-impact study holds up Mitchell Farm hearingsDiscussion over a traffic-impact study has resulted in a developer asking to withdraw five applications for proposed projects along Kings Highway and Gills Neck Road near Lewes from the Thursday, March 12 Sussex County Planning and Zoning agenda. In...

Delaware legislators’ control over road projects at issue - Delaware State NewsCTF exists because many miles of the state’s roadways in need of repairs won’t be touched by DelDOT in the near future

Keynote address: Tourism begins with communityThe following address was given at the Southern Delaware Tourism Awards Luncheon, Dec. 11, 2019. Tourism is about more than a destination or an event, or even a coastline. Tourism starts with community. When visitors leave Southern...

Are clouds ahead for record-setting tourism industry?Delaware tourism continues to grow, setting records as more visitors come to Delaware and spend more money year after year. In 2018, officials say, tourism contributed a record $3.5 billion to Delaware’s gross domestic product, continuing the growth...

Sussex-DelDOT memorandum in council's handsSussex County Council is set to decide the fate of a new land-use memorandum of understanding between the county and Delaware Department of Transportation. During council's Jan. 28 public hearing, several citizens requested the memorandum be...

DelDOT unveils Henlopen Transportation DistrictThe Henlopen Transportation Improvement District includes $284 million in road improvements, ranging from new roundabouts and traffic signals to road-widening projects and new roads. Delaware Department of Transportation officials first proposed a...

DelDOT continues work on Five Points recommendationsMore than half of the Five Points Working Group's 78 recommendations are either complete or are in progress. Consultant Jeff Riegner with Kramer & Associates detailed accomplishments on the working group's recommendations and Delaware Department...

Speed limits lowered on Lewes-area roadsLewes-area drivers may have noticed lowered speed limits on New Road, Kings Highway and Old Orchard Road. In the last few weeks, the limit has dropped on all three roadways as the Department of Transportation seeks to improve safety and consistency...

Council must hire traffic expert, insist on safe roadsSussex County Council is considering a new memorandum of understanding with state transportation officials to outline how the two agencies will work together when a developer proposes a new project. A hearing on the memorandum takes place at 10:30 a...

Council protects rural character of SussexA conditional-use application for a 7-Eleven convenience store on Route 24 at Angola Road exploded into one of the most controversial applications since Overbrook Town Center, a massive shopping mall, was proposed on Route 1. The two projects are...

DelDOT plans $1 billion in upgrades for Sussex by 2026Transportation problems dominated the news in the Cape Region in 2019 and will continue to create headlines in 2020. From a series of future projects totaling more than $1 billion to millions of dollars in trail work, Delaware Department of...

Whites Pond Meadow gains preliminary consentThe Delaware River and Bay Authority says a traffic signal is required at the intersection of Freeman Highway and Monroe Avenue if the proposed Whites Pond Meadow major subdivision is approved by Lewes officials. DRBA owns Freeman Highway and works...

Lewes development draws traffic concernsA plan to build 86 single-family homes on nearly 37 acres along Freeman Highway faced little public opposition at an Aug. 21 public hearing before the Lewes Planning Commission – aside from traffic problems. White’s Pond Meadow developer Showfield...

Lewes intersection needs safety upgradesThe results of the Traffic Signal Justification Study recently conducted for the proposed White’s Pond Meadow project and the Showfield development indicate that a signalized intersection at Monroe Avenue and Freeman Highway is not warranted at this...

Lewes power struggle heads to Public Service CommissionThe Delaware Public Service Commission has refused to get in the middle of a feud between the City of Lewes and Board of Public Works. Commissioners deferred action Oct. 8 on a BPW request to provide water service to the 50-acre Mitchell farm...

Upzoning requests, congestion don’t compute“The zoning regulations and districts as herein established are designated and adopted in accordance with a Comprehensive Plan to promote, in accordance with the present and future needs, the health, safety, morals, convenience, order,...

State reviews trio of Lewes-area projectsThree projects in the Lewes area were presented to state agency officials during a March 27 Preliminary Land Use Service meeting in Dover. Zwaanendael Farms L.W. and J.T. Mitchell Farms LP has proposed a mixed-use development with 208 residential...

Neighbors raise concerns over new Showfield developmentNeighbors of a proposed 86-lot development along Freeman Highway in Lewes do not want road connections from the new development through their communities. Residents from Showfield and Bay Breeze raised traffic and safety concerns if the new...

Medical office building approved along Kings HighwayConstruction on a new medical office complex at the corner of Kings Highway and Gills Neck Road can get underway. At its March 20 meeting, Sussex County Council unanimously approved a conditional-use application filed by Mitchell Family Limited...

Lewes discusses affordable housing for area’s workforceDeveloping affordable housing is an issue in the Cape Region and for more than a year for the city of Lewes. Officials struggled with how to address the issue in the comprehensive development plan after the state insisted the city have a plan in...

Sussex County officials hire consultantSussex County officials have hired a consultant to help them develop incentives and programs to promote affordable housing, an issue the county has struggled with for more than a decade. At its Feb. 5 meeting, county council voted to approve a $65,...

Lewes planners review senior living planThe Lewes Planning Commission reviewed and recommended approval of a 220,000-square-foot senior-living facility along Kings Highway. OA Vantage Point LLC is seeking to build a 175-unit, three-story facility near Cape Henlopen High School. Last year...

Lewes offers new zoning option for annexatonResidential planned communities are now an option for developers considering annexation into Lewes. Mayor and city council approved Aug. 13 the addition of RPCs to the city’s annexation-mix zone. It is not an option in the annexation-residential...

Developer plans offices, houses on Mitchell FarmTwo rezoning requests for the 50-acre Zwaanendael Farm, also known as the Mitchell Farm, will go before state agencies for review Wednesday Jan. 23. The landowner has already received a conditional use from Sussex County officials for medical...

Mitchell Farm projects fall under state scrutinyPlans to develop the Mitchell Farm outside Lewes highlight what the developer's engineer has called a problem with the new Sussex County C-4 commercial zoning district. C-4 is the only commercial district that allows for residential development, but...

Get ready: DelDOT ramps up Cape Region workGet used to seeing orange cones and barrels on Cape Region roads. Over the next five years, DelDOT has scheduled major road, trail and bridge projects totaling more than $250 million. Among those projects are new roundabouts, traffic signals,...

Residents: Don't mess with AR-1 zoningDuring a March 8 workshop, several residents issued warnings to the Sussex County Planning and Zoning commissioners as they write the 2018 comprehensive plan – don't change the county's base AR-1 zoning, and don't follow the lead of Kent County...

Lewes council slams state over Village CenterLewes Mayor and City Council say the state’s unwillingness to produce a new traffic study and improve intersections near the proposed Gills Neck Village Center makes it difficult for Sussex County Council to approve rezoning. Lewes officials were...

Don’t make land-use decisions in vacuumThe following is written as a response to IG Burton's defense of Sussex Zonings recommendation for zoning change for 11 acres at the corner of Gills Neck Road and Kings Highway in Lewes. Mr. Burton: In my opinion, the flaw with your and the other P...

Traffic, tourism concerns for Lewes Village CenterA proposed shopping center on Kings Highway in Lewes could cause significant traffic congestion, a report claims.

LPMG calls for managed growthThe city traffic study and BPW water study delivered a one-two knockout blow to LT on the rezoning application. Planning studies reveal rezoning would not be compatible with public health, safety and welfare, let alone offer the new “public benefit...

Room for retail at Lewes's doorstep?A developer deeply tied to the Cape region is proposing, for the third time, a Kings Highway commercial shopping center.

Lewes byway plan nears completionThe Lewes Historic and Scenic Byway Committee submitted a draft Corridor Management Plan to mayor and city council for approval, as the planning process nears completion. The goal of the byway is to preserve and enhance significant and historic...

Showfield to require Gills Neck Road workGills Neck Road – once a country road – is quickly becoming a main street for people who want to live near Lewes – but not within city limits. Plans for a seventh community along the road were presented July 24 to Sussex County Planning and Zoning...

Showfield resurfaces as county projectAfter nearly five years on the shelf, Showfield, a development on the edge of Lewes, has resurfaced. Following more than 50 public meetings with various Lewes boards, committees, the planning commission and council, the developer has changed...

Sussex debates growth along Kings HighwayThe debate over a conditional-use application for a medical office complex outside Lewes morphed into a discussion on the future of Kings Highway during Sussex County Council's Feb. 6 meeting. Mitchell Family Limited Partnership has filed a...

Developer proposes Kings Highway medical officesDuring Sussex County's Jan. 11 planning and zoning commission meeting, no residents commented on a conditional-use application for a medical office building at the intersection of Kings Highway and Gills Neck Road outside Lewes. That took...

Public input sought for Kings Highway, Gills Neck Road planWork is underway to develop a plan to coordinate all road-improvement projects along Gills Neck Road and Kings Highway outside Lewes. With public input on future improvements, the Department of Transportation is drafting a master plan that would...

Lewes Partnership for Managing Growth calls for halt on commercial developmentLPMG has consistently advocated over the last nine years of the Lingo/Townsend rezoning controversy for a better product (a land use resolution in the public interest) and a better process (an area-wide, all-stakeholder, science and best-practice-...

Traffic, tourism concerns for Lewes Village CenterA proposed shopping center on Kings Highway in Lewes could cause significant traffic congestion, a report claims.

Sussex planning commission declines to endorse Lewes byway planWhen asked to support the Lewes Scenic and Historic Byway Corridor Management Plan, Sussex County Planning and Zoning Commission Chairman Bob Wheatley said it’s an endorsement county council should make. When asked if the byway committee could...

Lewes group builds case against Village CenterA large group of Lewes residents is organizing to oppose the Gills Neck Village Center development outside Lewes. Dozens of people packed the parish hall of St. Peter's Church Nov. 14 to learn more about the Lewes Partnership for Managing Growth...

UPDATE: Neighbors React to Recommended Approval of Gills Neck Village Center in LewesA controversial shopping center proposal, with a long history, is expected to be one step closer to a decision Thursday night, after a vote by the Planning and Zoning Commission.

Lewes reviews traffic impacts of Village Center, future developmentIf all developable land along Kings Highway and Gills Neck Road outside Lewes is built out over the next 30 years, it could result in as many as 51,000 new vehicle trips per day, says a Lewes planning consultant. Environmental Resources Management...

Zwaanendael Farm coming to the end of a long runIt’s the first question Realtor Paul Townsend gets when people find out he’s listed the Zwaanendael Farm at the edge of Lewes for sale: “Isn’t that farm in Delaware’s Farmland Preservation program?” The answer is yes, it is in farmland preservation...

The Mitchell Farm ended particiption in Delaware's Farmland Preservation Program April 22, 2013

Lewes byway committee presents plan for Kings HighwayThe look and feel of Kings Highway and Gills Neck Road in Lewes has changed over the years, and it will continue to change as the area evolves. To stay ahead of future development, the Lewes Scenic and Historic Byways Committee is developing a...

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