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From today's Cape Gazette:
The Delaware Bicycle Council is making a second appeal to have signs installed on paved trails to make it clear that mopeds are banned.
During the group’s Feb. 4 meeting, council member Marty Lessner presented a draft letter addressed to the Delaware Department of Transportation again requesting signs.
The letter emphasizes signs should be part of a broader plan that includes education about state ordinances and enforcement of the law.
After the state rejected its recommendation to install signs in an Oct. 30 letter, the Delaware Bicycle Council decided at a Dec. 3 meeting to continue pressing for action.
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Thank you to everyone who made it out to Nicola Pizza last night for our Dine to Donate. The turnout was amazing. We don’t have the figures yet but the 50/50 was won by our own Fern Goodhart.
It was a wonderful get together. Thank you to Denny & Fran Shook and Jim Prettyman for organizing and making the evening a success!
We continue to be good citizens by working with DelDot in providing bike check events in the summer. Last year we were scheduled for 14 events but two were canceled due to weather issues. Still, we provided information and equipment to over 250 people and over 40 of Sussex Cyclists participated. In 2026 we have 16 events.
This year's checkpoints will run from June through August at various locations around Lewes and Rehoboth Beach. Each checkpoint will be posted separately on the Sussex Cyclists calendar for volunteers to register. The full schedule from DelDot may be viewed below.
No special skills are required. Activities may include distributing bicycle safety literature, making minor adjustments to bicycles, installing lights or reflective tape and giving out helmets.
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Jim Prettyman,
Sussex Cyclists Safety Director
Interested in seeing & hearing how the DelDOT advisory committee on bicycle matters works and possibly contribute your thoughts on matters being discussed? The next meeting of the Delaware Bicycle Council will be held on Wednesday, February 4 at 5:00pm. The meetings are open to the public and include a public comment period. You may attend in person or via Zoom. The meeting announcement, with links to the agenda and the Zoom meeting link, can be found on the DelDOT website at:
https://deldot.gov/About/publicevents/workshops/index.shtml?dc=workshop&id=19517
Bill Weller Sussex Cyclists Advocacy Director
The Agenda and Meeting Packet are available on the Member page. You must be logged in as a member to access this page.
Our new logo was approved by our board and members during our Annual Meeting on 1/15/2026!
This logo retains brand loyalty and recognition to our former logo (10 years old as of 2026) with the same imagery and colors, just simpler and streamlined and a more prominent cyclist.
We hope you all like it!
From the Cape Gazette, by Bill Shull on Christmas Day:
When Chris Evans got on his bike last Aug. 9, he planned to ride 30-40 miles from Rehoboth Beach, along the Lewes-to-Georgetown Trail, and take back roads home.
But, when he got to the trail crossing at Sweetbriar Road near Lewes, his life changed forever.
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GEORGETOWN, Del. — The final phase of the Georgetown–Lewes Trail has been pushed back once again, with DelDOT now projecting completion in late 2026 instead of spring 2026. The agency did not give a reason for the delay.
The Delaware Bicycle Council approved a $35,000 grant Dec. 3, to Sussex County to help fund a feasibility study for a Route 9 tunnel crossing near Cool Spring Road to improve safety for cyclists and pedestrians.
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After the state rejected its recommendation to install signs prohibiting mopeds on paved trails, the Delaware Bicycle Council decided Dec. 3 to continue pressing for action.
At the last meeting Oct. 1, council members decided to ask the Delaware Department of Transportation to look into using signs to ban mopeds from paved trails and paths, where they are illegal to operate...
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