Route 24 Alliance
To-Watch Land Use Application
Belle Mead Farm, proposed
C4 Planned Commercial District
Belmead CZ2001
Rt 24, across from Saddle Ridge Community
Rezone from AR-1 to C4 Planned Commercial District
40 Acres/334 Rental Units + 125,000 sq ft Commercial
6,800 Additional Vehicle Trips/Day
County Council Hearing Postponed to 9/16/25
Share info about this pending decision with friends & neighbors, post on social media. Print out the flyer below, pass it out & post it in public places. Get more people involved to post comments & to come to the hearing. You can always take a screen shot(Mac) or PrintScreen or other snipping tool on a PC. If you want to receive an e-mail with the .pdf file, email Mizjudyrose@msn.com.
Post a comment on the County's Land Use Application Docket! The number of comments on the Land Use Docket is significant, so please take the time to write a Comment!!! https://connect.sussexcountyde.gov/PublicDocket/#/details/CZ%202001 .
The County Council will read these before they make their decision.
Sign the petition to Oppose Belmead Change of Zone: https://chng.it/mVXLd8TW9Q
Share the Coast TV coverage, video: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1994576544682318 , & article: https://www.coasttv.com/news/residents-raise-concerns-over-proposed-route-24-development-in-lewes/article_48e04bae-8830-4d83-b5b7-7844ea6cf98d.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawLSDSFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFsRUFOVms1UmNxbU43a3dxAR6qyq84QvS-B1nB3hF5CyZMJJKXl8PYFA27wPfcnUBcC1gbUpw6-jnkCxgiAA_aem_8GH5CxZUOhiXutu4LiXE1g
Write a letter to the Editor.
Prepare your testimonty for the County Council Hearing. If you can't come in person, you can call in. We won't know the agenda until a week before the meeting. If you want to get a text alert about when the Belmead hearing is starting, contact Judy Rose Seibert 240-688-2223. Just standing up & saying that you agree with another testimony is important!
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Come to the hearing & testify! The County Council will make the decision to approve or deny, and if approved what Conditions to put on the Approval. Let's fill the council Chambers for this Hearing! It helps to prepare written notes before the hearing, but you can also jot down notes to prepare what you want to contribute as you listen to what is presented during the Hearing. If you can't come to Georgetown for the Hearing, you can call in to add your comments to the Hearing, see below:
The DelDOT Vehicle Volume Summary lists the 2024 Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) on Route 24 from Plantations Rd to south of Love Creek Bridge as 15,747. The last date traffic was counted on that section was 2020; DelDOT adds a certain percentage for each year after the actual data was taken. The current Highway Capacity Manual (HCM) 7th Edition, Exhibit 16-16 gives a range of 11,900 to 15,900 AADT with LOS D along two-way, two-lane streets with signals. Route 24 Alliance obtained this data by hiring DJ Hughes, P.E. as a traffic consultant. Mr. Hughes worked for DelDOT as a project manager for 3 years; prior to that he worked for Davis, Bowen & Friedel for 21 years. He now has his own traffic engineering LLC.
No wonder most of the comments on the Land Use Docket for CZ2001 are about traffic! The two-lane section of Route 24 from the proposed site entrance to south of Love Creek bridge is already at or over road capacity! Why didn’t DelDOT report this when the TIS was done for Belmead? Whose job is it to report this to the County Council? DelDOT has no definate CTP (Capital Transportation Project) to dualize that portion of 24 or the Love Creek Bridge. The only improvement to Route 24 listed in DelDOT's Publication of CTP's for FY25-FY30, dated 4/28/25 is the dualization of Rt 24 from Love Creek Bridge to Indian Mission Rd. See https://deldot.gov/Publications/reports/CTP/pdfs/ctp-book/FY25-FY30 CTP Book_FINAL 04.28.25.pdf pp 442-535 for Sussex County
Use the link below to leave a comment on the County's Land Use Application Docket. There are 4 columns on the page. Select "Comments", then hit the blue box "Add a Comment." A statement will appear that you have to agree to in order to be able you add your comment.
https://connect.sussexcountyde.gov/PublicDocket/#/details/CZ%25202001
If you get an error message when trying to post to the Docket, e-mail your comment directly to Planning & Zoning, whose job it is to post it on the docket (yes, even though the P&Z hearing is over) . Include in your e-mail how many times you tried to post to the Docket, so this is also part of the public record. P&Z e-mail address: pandz@sussexcountyde.gov.
Send an e-mail to mizjudyrose@ msn.com requesting to be added to the list.
Coast TV report on Belmead CZ2001, including coverage of our meeting! https://www.facebook.com/reel/1994576544682318
video: https://youtu.be/9zyiHKy2CBg
Online Minutes, Belmead starts on p4: https://sussexcountyde.gov/sites/default/files/minutes/PZ%20-%205.21.25%20-%20FINAL.pdf
https://connect.sussexcountyde.gov/PublicAccess-NextGen/api/document/100721
https://connect.sussexcountyde.gov/PublicAccess-NextGen/api/document/98021
Application - https://stateplanning.delaware.gov/plus/projects/2025/2025-01-06.pdf
State Review: https://stateplanning.delaware.gov/plus/comments/2025-01-06-response.pdf
