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Public Comment - Rt 24 Bursting at the seam

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 This letter was sent to the Sussex Council as public comment regarding Baywood Gardens apartment complex with 514 units that was on the Sussex Council agenda on 6/29/2021. ------------- Dear Sussex Council, I ask you to consider the cumulative impact, not only of the individual application.  Below is a direct quote from page 36 of  the online packet : DelDOT's County Coordinator wrote:  "Per the 2018 Delaware Vehicle Volume Summary, the annual average and summer average daily traffic volumes along the segment of Long Neck Rd where the subject land is located, which is from Masseys Landing to Delaware Route 24, are 11,3338 and 14,592 vehicles per day, respectively. As the subject land also has frontage along School Lane, the annual average ad summer average daily traffic volumes along that road segment, which is from Bay Fram Road (Sussex Road 299) to Delaware Route 24, are 3,921 and 5,046 vehicles per day, respectively. According to the Institute of Transportation Engineers (