COUNTY EXECUTIVE POLLITT TO FORMALLY OPEN NEW ROAD
At 10:00 A.M. on Monday, March 22nd, Wicomico County Executive Richard M. Pollitt, Jr., will formally declare the recently-completed Phase 1 of the West Side Collector Road as being officially “open for traffic.” Mr. Pollitt is inviting the public and local officials to join him in the ceremony.
The road, started in February, 2008, runs from Route 50 to Brick Kiln Road. It is the first phase of three. Phase 2 will run from Brick Kiln Road to Levin Dashiell Road and is expected to be complete in 2011. Phase 3 will continue from Levin Dashiell Road and will end at Crooked Oak lane. Completion date for Phase 3 is 2012.
Phase 1 is 1 mile long and was completed at a cost of $2.8 Million. Phases 2 & 3 will be another 1.7 miles.
In anticipation of the opening ceremony, Mr. Pollitt said, “After a season of budget cuts and snow storms, it is indeed a pleasure to announce something as positive as the opening of this beautiful new road. We anticipate that it will relieve some of the traffic pressure that has built up on the county’s growing west side.”
Hooray!!
ReplyDeleteNo more U turns along Salisbury Parkway to access the land fill from Owens Branch Road.
$2.8 mill for 1 mile of road? Is this sob paved with gold? Break that down to $ per foot.
ReplyDeleteThey didn't resurface a road. They had to purchase land, design the project, lay it out, stormwater drainage, paving, traffic lights, etc. Do you work for free?
ReplyDeleteThere is a bridge on it. Thats probably what made it so expensive.
ReplyDeleteIt was great to see they plowed this road during the snow storm while roads that were open did not get plowed. Great Job
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