Kings Highway Interim Improvements
As part of the Mitchell's Corner Traffic Information Study (TIS) report, interim improvements to Kings Highway without the implementation of the Kings Highway Dual Lane project were recommended at the Gills Neck Road/Cape Henlopen High School Entrance intersection. One scenario of the interim improvements included the modification of the westbound Gills Neck Road approach to provide two left turn lanes and a shared through/right turn lane and providing split phase signal operation along the eastbound and westbound approaches. In addition, the southbound Kings Highway approach would be modified to provide one left turn lane, one through lane, and one shared through/right turn lane.
Per a meeting between DelDOT and the developer on February 26, 2020, the interim improvements were further refined from those mentioned in the TIS and were identified to contain the following:
Restripe the westbound Gills Neck Road approach to Kings Highway to provide two left turn lanes, and one shared through/right turn lane
Lengthen the westbound Gills Neck Road shared through/right turn lane to provide 570 feet of storage.
Restripe the southbound Kings Highway approach to Gills Neck Road to provide one left turn lane, one through lane, and one shared through/right turn lane
Restripe southbound Kings Highway south of Gills Neck Road to provide two through lanes, the rightmost through lane would become a right-turn only lane onto Clay Road
Construct a shared-use path along the western side of Kings Highway from the Gills Neck Road/Cape Henlopen High School Entrance intersection to the Clay Road intersection
Provide a rights-in only entrance along Kings Highway across from the proposed Beebe
Medical Center development
Maintain the full movement entrance along Gills Neck Road across from the proposed Gills
Neck Village Center access
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