Lewes Delaware 19958United States
Sussex 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 underway in early 2021.
At its Dec. 15 meeting, council voted 4-1 to approve a memorandum of understanding with DelDOT to create the Funding Accelerating Safety in Transportation (FAST) Track funding program, a first-of-its-kind plan to use a set-aside of county funds to jump-start road improvements that are planned, but not imminent on DelDOT s six-year capital projects list.
Under the program, Sussex County will provide funding to expedite the construction of road projects in the county. DelDOT will then reimburse the county the total amount as a project is completed.