West Side Streets Committee for Change
West Side residents organizing and advocating to make our streets safer, healthier, and more beautiful.
Timeline of Resident Organizing
West Side residents have been advocating for action to reduce accidents and property damage and to make our traffic corridors safer, healthier and more beautiful.​
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We got representatives from DelDOT, Public Works, and WILMAPCO to come to 4th Street Visionaries Civic Association meetings to discuss our concerns.
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We organized a petition to the City of Wilmington asking Public Works to conduct a traffic study centered on the intersection of Lancaster and Connell streets.
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We spoke out at a Public Works & Transportation City Council Committee meeting to ask why the petition was denied and for an alternative course of action.
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We connected to local civic associations with the goal of forming a working group made up of residents, DelDOT and the City to put together a plan for improvements.
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This coalition, including 4th Street Visionaries and West Side Coalition Civic Associations, sent a later to state and city officials asking for this working group and we are still waiting for a reply.
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At a West Side Grows Together Steering Committee in September 2025, Mayor Carney committed to supporting the working group.
DelDOT spends millions of dollars on our roads. To succeed, we need to educate ourselves so we can advocate for the solutions and investment our communities deserve. We want better solutions than what they typically offer.
