Lewes Scenic and Historic Byway KINGS HIGHWAY & GILLS NECK
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Gills Neck: Junction & Breakwater Trailhead While a short term solution is in the works for the Junction and Breakwater Trailhead at Gills Neck, a longer term solution for a permanent barrier between trail and roadway under the bridge pier should continue to be pursued. A minimum of five feet of space is desirable between a trail and the travel lane of any road. If less than five feet of space is available, then some kind of barrier is desirable to further separate trail users and automobiles. A timber barrier (left) is an attractive option, while vegetation can provide at least a visual barrier between cyclist and vehicle (right). Lewes Scenic and Historic Byway KINGS HIGHWAY & GILLS NECK ROAD MASTER PLAN Agenda 5.12.16 Key Design Principles from October 2015 Meeting Purpose of the Meeting: • Design the corridor to reinforce the desired vision of the community To review and discuss • Extend the fabric of the City of Lewes rather than the chaos of Coastal Highway concept plans for Kings • Think “Green” – more landscape, more stormwater infiltration, more shade Highway and Gills Neck Road • Design Kings Highway and Gills Neck for people of all ages and physical abilities using all modes of travel 1. Master Plan Purpose DESIGN ELEMENTS: Preferences from October Meeting 2. Corridor Design Principles • Direction from CMP and The following images represent the visual preferences that guide design choices Lewes Public Meeting for the corridor as recorded from comments at the October 2015 public meeting: Kings Highway Stormwater Management Scenic and Historic Byway • Design Guidance and Delaware Breakwater Gateway to the Nation Lighthouse Corridor Management Plan Assumptions Within the City of Lewes east of 3. Design Concepts Freeman, Kings Highway is within Lightship Overfalls • Roadway Configuration an urban and built up neighborhood Cape May - Lewes Ferry • Landscaped Medians along a traditional system of lots and • Traffic Calming Measures blocks. • Bicycle and Pedestrian Canary Creek Google Earth Photo Facilities COASTAL GATEWAY: MAJOR INTERSECTIONS: COMMERCIAL SIGN: When rain falls on Kings Highway it Hazell Smith House • Landscape Design Fenwick Island Takoma Park, MD Chili’s business sign runs off toward the storm sewers, Fort Miles Prepared for: Typology CITY OF LEWES SUSSEX COUNTY carrying with it all of the non-point Zwaanendael Museum Prepared by: DELAWARE GREENWAYS Pre-War Savannah Road DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION LARDNER/KLEIN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS, PC source pollution from the roadway OCTOBER 2015 4. Application of Design surface. As rainfall intensity increases Concepts with the changing climate, efforts may • Coastal Highway The landscape master plan is an early be needed to provide more storage Gateway (Route 1 (and treatment for water quality) action project of the recently completed -Dartmouth Triangle) corridor management plan for the • Transition Area for runoff prior to its release in the 4-LANES W/ MEDIAN: MINOR INTERSECTIONS: FRANCHISE DESIGN: Lewes Scenic and Historic Byway. The (Dartmouth to Clay Road) Delaware Bay. Savannah, GA Urbana, MD plan is available from the DelDOT • Developing area between Greenville, DE (Byway) Streets like Kings Highway (top left) byway page at http://www.deldot.gov/ Clay Road and Gills Neck information/community_programs_and_ • Kings Highway between can be retrofitted by converting the services/byways/lewes.shtml#byways_page Gills Neck and Downtown parking lane to permeable pavers • Gills Neck (between and (Cambridge Maryland, middle left) For more information, including both sets of and constructing infiltration areas as please contact: sharp curves to City line) curb extensions on the corners where Ann Gravatt, Planning Supervisor • Gills Neck (City of Lewes) parking is prohibited (the yellow Transportation Alternatives, Byways, Google Earth Photo painted areas above). The example 2-LANES W/ MEDIAN: SIDEWALKS & CROSSWALKS: Federal Land Access Programs Master Plan Purpose Bethany Beach, DE Delaware CSS for Byways Port Penn, DE (Route 9) from Portland, Oregon (bottom left) Statewide and Regional Planning • Develop and agree upon illustrates an attractive approach for 302.760.2254 design concepts for the treating stormwater runoff. [email protected] corridor that reinforce the www.byways.deldot.gov community’s desired vision and character • Identify coordinated The Kings Highway - Gills Neck Road Master Plan is an early action project of the Lewes public and private actions Photo courtesy of Disney Scenic and Historic Byway Corridor Management Plan. The work is funded with the support of necessary to achieve the Google Earth Photo Delaware State Senator Ernesto Lopez and Delaware State Representatives Peter Schwartzkopf desired vision and character 2-LANES W/ SPLITTER: STORMWATER MGMT: STORMWATER MGMT: and Steve Smyk. Additional support is provided by the DelDOT Byways Program. Centreville, DE (Byway) South Bethany, DE Celebration, FLA Kings Hwy Boulevard Concept Gills Neck Traffic Calming Concept Anticipated growth Use a landscaped median along Kings Highway will (C) between Kings likely require additional Highway and the curve at lanes to accommodate Senators to break apart future traffic volumes. An the long view in advance attractive gateway can of the curve and use be achieved by planning optical narrowing (D) to for a landscaped median narrow the look and feel to be built in the future. of the road combined with Stormwater runoff from the pavement warning strips extra pavement requires in advance of the curve at additional space along the increasingly close spacing road to manage both the quantity and quality of the runoff. Between (E) to induce drivers to slow down. The combined affect of these Clay and Gills Neck, that runoff could be managed within the median techniques worked to slow drivers down 6-8 mph on average when area to reduce the footprint on the roadway and create an attractive constructed in Aldie and Upperville, VA. landscape feature (A). Between Dartmouth and Clay, a median can accommodate larger trees to achieve the desired gateway character (B). C Kings Highway from Clay to Gills Neck E C D A D Kings Hwy: Coastal Highway Gateway A Kings Highway from Dartmouth to Clay B B E.