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Bear, Del. —
When it opens its doors, the Mid-County DMV planned for Bear will see more than 2,700 people walk through its doors each day, officials with the Department of Motor Vehicles said.
DelDOT already owns the 20-acres of land off of U.S. Route 13 where the new building will go and the model for it is based on the existing DMV facility in Georgetown.
This will help save money and allow the state-of-the-art facility to be built for about $15 million, DMV director Jennifer Cohan.
Cohan said that they are hoping for 80 percent of the funding to come from the federal government and if all goes according to plan, the facility will be completed in spring 2014.
Right now, the plans are still in the design process and DelDOT plans to conduct at least one more public hearing.
Cost factors are also still being determined.
After the new facility opens, the one on Airport Road in New Castle will close. That means Middletown residents will be closer a DMV location than ever before.
“This is to replace the one on Airport Road,” said DMV Deputy Director Mike Harrell. “It has reached its capacity. This one will be larger than the one in [New Castle].”
The Bear facility will have twice as many customer service stations; three additional inspection lanes with room to add three more, four covered drive-thru teller lanes and 163 additional customer parking spaces.
The other DMV in Wilmington will remain open, but Harrell said he expects most of the business from the New Castle facility to transfer to the Mid-County DMV once it opens.
He says that they also anticipate traffic from Middletown since most people in Middletown probably use the Dover DMV.
A traffic impact study showed that there won’t be much of an impact since most people don’t travel to the DMV during typical rush hour time, said DelDOT Manager of Projects and Facilities John Sisson. The study looked at the Wilmington and New Castle facilities and the current traffic in the area of U.S. Route 13 where the new DMV will be built.
The peak times for trips to the DMV are around lunchtime and later in the afternoon, he said. There will be full access entrances from U.S. Route 13 and Del Route 72.
When it opens its doors, the Mid-County DMV planned for Bear will see more than 2,700 people walk through its doors each day, officials with the Department of Motor Vehicles said.
DelDOT already owns the 20-acres of land off of U.S. Route 13 where the new building will go and the model for it is based on the existing DMV facility in Georgetown.
This will help save money and allow the state-of-the-art facility to be built for about $15 million, DMV director Jennifer Cohan.
Cohan said that they are hoping for 80 percent of the funding to come from the federal government and if all goes according to plan, the facility will be completed in spring 2014.
Right now, the plans are still in the design process and DelDOT plans to conduct at least one more public hearing.
Cost factors are also still being determined.
After the new facility opens, the one on Airport Road in New Castle will close. That means Middletown residents will be closer a DMV location than ever before.
“This is to replace the one on Airport Road,” said DMV Deputy Director Mike Harrell. “It has reached its capacity. This one will be larger than the one in [New Castle].”
The Bear facility will have twice as many customer service stations; three additional inspection lanes with room to add three more, four covered drive-thru teller lanes and 163 additional customer parking spaces.
The other DMV in Wilmington will remain open, but Harrell said he expects most of the business from the New Castle facility to transfer to the Mid-County DMV once it opens.
He says that they also anticipate traffic from Middletown since most people in Middletown probably use the Dover DMV.
A traffic impact study showed that there won’t be much of an impact since most people don’t travel to the DMV during typical rush hour time, said DelDOT Manager of Projects and Facilities John Sisson. The study looked at the Wilmington and New Castle facilities and the current traffic in the area of U.S. Route 13 where the new DMV will be built.
The peak times for trips to the DMV are around lunchtime and later in the afternoon, he said. There will be full access entrances from U.S. Route 13 and Del Route 72.
