WPPE Safety Advocacy · Corridor Analysis

Apple Road / West Park Place Corridor

Traffic flow, intersection performance, and missing school zone infrastructure. Hover intersections and road segments for data. ⚠ no school zone

Newark, DE · Data: DelDOT 2009/2019, WILMAPCO TMC 2009 · OSM road geometry · 2026-06-16

NORFOLK SOUTHERN / AMTRAK NEC ELKTON RD (RT 279) APPLE ROAD WEST PARK PLACE S. COLLEGE AVE WILLA RD DALLAS AVE F E ! WPPE West Park Place Elem. crosswalk? crosswalk? sign? sign? Sidepath ($609K TID — unbuilt) ↑ N ≈ 2.5 km E–W · 2.2 km N–S · OSM geometry

Roads drawn to actual OSM bearings: Elkton Rd runs SW–NE (~46° from horizontal), Apple Rd curves NNW going north, S. College Ave is nearly N–S. Current corridor-flow tools often show these as perfect grid — this corrects that.

LOS F
Apple Rd / Elkton Rd
projected intersection performance
78.9s → 120.7s delay
DelDOT City of Newark Traffic Analysis, 2009
LOS E
S. College / West Park Place
projected — adjacent to school
49s → 62.9s delay
DelDOT City of Newark Traffic Analysis, 2009
10.8%
Truck traffic on Elkton Rd
proposed for diversion onto
Apple Road (DelDOT Option B)
DelDOT Traffic Summary, 2008
28,734
AADT on Elkton Road
feeding Apple Rd corridor
+48.6% growth 2011–2019
Delaware ADT, 2019
0
School zone signs on
West Park Place, Apple Rd,
Dallas Ave, or Willa Rd
Site observation, May 2026
$609K
Apple Road Sidepaths
TID-funded, executed agreement
— unbuilt
Newark TID Agreement

Intersections: LOS E–F (failing)   LOS D–E (degrading)  ·  Missing: - - - infrastructure not built  ·  Hover any element for data