GEORGETOWN, Del. - Residents of Kimmey and Pepper Streets in Georgetown have faced challenges with potholes and deteriorated road conditions, creating daily obstacles for drivers.
During a recent visit, WRDE witnessed firsthand the daily struggles drivers encounter on these streets.
"It's a little bit rough on our vehicles," Kieron Goode, community navigator at Springboard Pallet Village, said. "You get to hit a lot of bumps, a lot of potholes, and you have to drive through literally at about two miles an hour, you know, and it puts a lot of wear and tear in your vehicles, and it's a lot of destruction sound."
That will change soon as the Georgetown Town Council approved Monday night the use of Municipal Street Aid Dollars totaling about $68,200.
"To get this roadway, which is Kimmey Street extended and Pepper Street extended, to be surveyed [and] designed," Gene Dvornick, Georgetown's town manager, said. "We have water lines we want to replace and then design, so we can put it out to bid to get the permanent roadway put in."
Residents like Francyne Morton, who lives in Springboard Pallet Village, eagerly await these improvements.
"I think it's absolutely wonderful," Morton said. "I mean, their efforts are just unreal, and what they have done and are doing, I think it's great. I really do."
Dvornick's goal is to seek Community Reinvestment Funding and other funds from the General Assembly to ensure the project's completion.
The town anticipates that the roadwork will take around three months to complete.