Dover officials have their eyes on bigger downtown renovations after replacing some West Third Street sidewalks this past month.
Crews removed sidewalk hazards and replaced cement at 27 different work areas on West Third Street.
Mayor Shane Gunnoe says that’s just the start of what will be a prolonged downtown reinvestment to include free Wi-Fi in the near future and a total sidewalk and infrastructure replacement down the line.
City officials are also planning to install new sidewalks west from downtown to state Route 39. They got a 500-thousand dollar grant to do that, but the funds won’t come until 2026.
Meanwhile, crews will pave a few more streets this fall, including the section of Wooster Avenue in front of the city park. Gunnoe says that will set the city’s spending record for paving at 1.1 million dollars.
Several more projects are anticipated for next year. That includes a 560-thousand-dollar traffic signal replacement project for two intersections along Walnut Street downtown and at West Slingluff.
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