Delaware
How PennDOT plans to ease congestion on Blue Route in Delaware County, Pennsylvania
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DELAWARE COUNTY, Pa. (CBS) — A new multi-year PennDOT project is in the works to help ease congestion along the Blue Route in Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
“We’re taking the existing footprint and taking what we can to create additional lanes for travelers to bring in and out when the demand is there,” said Brad Rudolph, a spokesperson for PennDOT.
Some of the work is already underway in Phase 1 of the 14-mile, multi-year plan spanning from West Chester Pike to Interstate 95. Right now, variable speed limit and queue detection warning signs are being added.
“That allows us to post speed limits based on conditions, crashes, incidents ahead. It gives motorists some extra information and reduces rear-end collisions by a lot, sometimes as much as 30%,” Rudolph said.
Phase 2, which is scheduled to start in 2027, will include the addition of a flex lane that will change direction based on traffic needs and use space available in the current medians.
“The footprint of 476 is not really going to change,” Rudolph said. “We’re not changing the right away. We’re not taking land. We’re just taking what’s there right now.
Rudolph said the extra space will make a big difference
“Well there are two in each direction now, so adding one in each direction is 50%. You’re adding that much capacity with 70-80,000 vehicles,” Rudolph said.
Phase 2 is currently in preliminary engineering and is expected to take three years, with most of the work coming in off-peak and overnight hours. For drivers, relief can’t come soon enough.
“I think it would help with the flow of traffic, definitely,” said Colum Mcgovern, who drives on the Blue Route. “It’s terrible now so anything to improve it now would be great, honestly.”
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Delaware
Hurricane Ernesto heads toward Bermuda. Is Delaware in its path?
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Ernesto to bring intense weather to Puerto Rico, strengthen into hurricane
Tropical Storm Ernesto is hitting the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico before it’s expected to steadily strengthen on the way to Bermuda.
A hurricane is rolling through the Atlantic, and Delaware should start feeling its impact through the weekend.
After hitting Puerto Rico early Wednesday, Ernesto became a Category 1 hurricane. As of 11 a.m. ET, Ernesto was located 175 miles northwest of San Juan, Puerto Rico, with sustained winds of 75 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center.
The storm that dumped several inches of rain on Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and cut power to more than a half-million homes and businesses is moving toward Bermuda and should be around the islands on Saturday.
How will Hurricane Ernesto impact Delaware?
While the storm is not expected to make landfall in the United States, it will impact the Atlantic coast by bringing large waves and dangerous rip currents.
The long-range marine forecast from the National Weather Service in Mount Holly, New Jersey, is predicting waves to increase in size starting on Friday. Seas will go from 2-foot waves on Thursday morning to 4 to 6 feet on Friday night. Waves will be at the 4- to 6-foot level through the weekend.
The larger waves could lead to dangerous rip currents at Delaware’s beaches.
“Even though the storm is hundreds of miles away, you still get dangerous rip currents,” Cameron Wunderlin, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Mount Holly, said in an interview Monday. “That’s something we’ll be watching.”
Wunderlin added if the wave height predicted causes strong rip currents, beachgoers should not go in the water.
What’s the winter weather forecast for : See predictions by the Farmers’ Almanac
What is a rip current?
According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, rip currents are channeled currents of water that flow away from the shore out past the line of breaking waves. They form from water piling up between the breaking waves and the beach. As the water returns from the shore, it forms a narrow stream of water that moves quickly out to sea.
What to do in a rip current
According to the United States Lifesaving Association, swimmers should do the following:
- Relax, rip currents don’t pull you under.
- Don’t swim against the current.
- You may be able to escape by swimming out of the current in a direction following the shoreline, or toward breaking waves, then at an angle toward the beach.
- You may be able to escape by floating or treading water if the current circulates back toward shore.
- If you feel you will be unable to reach shore, draw attention to yourself. If you need help, yell and wave for assistance.
Delaware
Teen, woman charged after search of Delaware home uncovered 'several handguns'
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Rosalie Jones, 32, and an unnamed 14-year-old were charged Tuesday after investigators searched a home in the Arbor Point Townhome complex.
NEW CASTLE – Prosecutors in Delaware have charged a teenage boy and a woman on weapons charges after a home search uncovered “several handguns.”
Rosalie Jones, 32, and an unnamed 14-year-old were charged Tuesday after investigators searched a home in the Arbor Point Townhome complex.
Authorities say the investigation began in August when police received reports of a 14-year-old boy in possession of a handgun.
Members of New Castle County’s SWAT team executed a search of the property and found several handguns, including one that was reported stolen in Dover.
The teen was charged with several crimes, including two felony counts of possession of a weapon by a person under 18. Jones was charged with a felony count of possession of a weapon with an obliterated or altered serial number and receiving a stolen firearm.
The teen was taken to New Castle County jail after failing to pay $33k bail. Jones was released after paying $6k bail.
Delaware
Fire at apartment building near University of Delaware displaces more than 20
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