Smyrna times., 1927-01-05
|IlIlIID BEACH ROAD AND
|IIijIII ROAD RECOMMENDED
.,,c,NEER BUCK WOULD
|SEf ..,',cv h.o WITH 1927 BUDGET

vvcINEER BUCK WOULD
ln THESE WITH 1927 BUDGET
-, From Leipsic to Dover and
- N0au Avenue Dover - Roads
'eIla.' TS~ Castle County Included
lamentations to the State
r ,, department for the year
I sTag Ssisf Fl Engineer Q. D. Buck in
\. V .Ss diagonal road into Main
! 4 smyrna nj from the Boulevard on \
.s5 ~ tbe building Of an improved
1etr1 saa1 " Wendall's Corner east Of
~, "a woodland Beach, the wild
~ f the dupont Boulevard from
,s.,. Corner (Cheswoldl to Dover
+ ! W. \. widening of the DUPONT Boule-
= i,om Armstrong; Corner to
s..siri, He also recommends a
4 irom Leipsic to Dover, a road
Governors Avenue, Dover and
,,,d from the dupont Boulevard
4, ID Dover Water Works. The rec
|.-s,jstiOns for Kent County in full
:. ALLOWS dupont boulevard, ,Ches-
4
y, widen; dupont boulevard,
..Erd.Armstrong's Corner (wid-
a. ubmill to Hering's Corner;
|..i .,t Of Dover; Governors aven-
!. Drer; North entrance to Smyrna;
Elmo Aims House Hazletville
IA. WoOdside to connect with the
I'm GrOve-Petersburg road; Leip-
|ENrer: Dover water works to du-
a hulevard; Leipsic-Magnolia, via
n. Creek and Barker's Landing;
I'm Lighthouse road; Burnitt's-
H. Corner, west Of FELTON,; Wen
| a COuer-Woodland Beach. Over
[EF Castle County Chief Engineer
ncommends a road from Dex-
L, Corner to Delaney's, the widen
In concrete shoulders Of the Odes-
,glIetown road from dupont
hEsrd; the Delaware City-Port
road, the road from Cooch's to
|kznd line and the widening Of
Il hPont road in the northern part
iyR Castle County.
aa Taking Over County Roads
he Aate has now a system of
sAn, hard-surfaced highways com
|rzng 16 per cent Of the total road
Iage in Delaware. That there will
Iced to indefinitely enlarge this
|zn each year is unlikely. Where
h i seems logical to suggest that
l State Highway Department turn
attention to the improvement and
~ Of earth roads. / particularly
u 70 stress, however, that the sue
: II the venture would largely, if
/ altogether, depend upon the
E1ad employed for state control Of
ss roads. A radical overnight
'1ge that would strip the counties
very vestige Of authority in road
RzE,wOuld in turn tend to strangle
a energy and likely produce an
satisfactory situation. If the state
Il d the work it should be planned
I ldertaken in a systematic man
r Ach as has attended the build
\ a the improved state highways.
sE the Highway Department to Sc
{ sach year as many miles Of these
-nlfoved roads as it can efficiently
3 iof and in such a way develop a
YEN Of earth roads, the counties to
1aue to look after the remaining
" N their districts. Such work,
Iasrtaken, must only be financed
.le pay as you go plan" Regard
sae county road bond situation the
n F1 says; "Shall county highway
y 0e taken over BY the state and
ls!andlng road obligations, of a
\ "a character be assumed by the
!. y S a whole, or shall the counties
d .-ale TO meet their obligations for
-s''s as they come due? This
!. -'0G mas been proposed during the
u naVlng perhaps several, and at
= =, ue' significant aspect, it was
y Ipon and in part answered, by
s,, TuIcal parties, when they made
~aAk In their respective plat
~. sdvoeating at the time such a
80 ~ Inc transfer from three
,rs sS 70 one, Of such sizeable OBJ
SrS ga' Of the kind as these will be
S,s y y oe, is momentous question
sS.,,. vac General Assembly will
- ssy y Be called upon to solve, and
,..a %is department is in possession
n SI.alA |. data, pertinent to the ques-
y /. ! : ! herein set forth, its value
T Individually judged:
Z ,.'''' Spent for State Aid Roads
! X ,SIis,anl Counties today have outstand.
az vnsstlOns ',iIs for roads totalinp
h !. unions !: s Of dollars. The largest
Ia AMI. .s.SOO,OOO Of this sum. has
tatiosn isnoilzed and spent for the con.
'ands. :. u state aid roadside re.
n,5, N ~ the improvement of coun.
ar l, y \: country forces. Any at.
St Il !, IL, ne State Highway Depart.
smltiaap iaplaln the purpose and bene.
SdJ ~, from the bond issue.
u, :. exclusively by the county of.