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Civic issues
Topics getting the most attention in Delaware public meetings, ranked by how frequently they come up.
Firestone Drive Speed Hump Removal and Speed Feedback Signs
$30,000 is budgeted for 2027 to expand the city's toolkit for neighborhood speeding complaints — radar boxes, feedback trailers and possibly notice-only cameras. The chief stressed data-driven decisions, since many 'speeding' complaints turn out to be traffic volume problems.
Four Seasons at Addison Farms Traffic Calming Petition
About 250 senior households say Heritage Boulevard has become a dangerous high-speed cut-through splitting their 55+ community, and they want radar signs, pedestrian refuge islands, and raised crosswalks. They also object to a youth playground and connector path routed into their senior neighborhood.
Heritage Blvd./Rutherford Ave. All-Way Stop
The Heritage/Rutherford intersection will become a four-way stop with flashing LED signs for the first year, responding to neighborhood complaints and part of the Four Seasons petition. Build-out and the Merrick Boulevard extension are expected to further calm the corridor.
Pennsylvania Ave./Euclid Ave. All-Way Stop
Six crashes in twelve months and tough school-hour pedestrian crossings at Pennsylvania and Euclid prompted an interim four-way stop, possibly installed before the end of the year. A mini roundabout may be considered long-term.
East Central Avenue reconstruction grant application
One more round of disruptions: on October 8 contractors will lift steel girders off the temporary railroad bridge, pausing traffic five minutes at a time in both directions.
Thoroughfare Plan update
The city rolled out its draft 2026–2050 thoroughfare plan update with a new interactive online comment map. New additions include US 42 widening and US 23 corridor improvements; public comment runs through end of November before adoption.
Delaware County Transit sales tax proposal
DCT is asking voters for a 0.2% sales tax this November to fund big expansion: microtransit in Powell and Orange Township, express commuter routes, seven-day service in Delaware, and same-day demand response countywide.