The article below is from today's Cape Gazette:
by Ron MacArthur August 2, 2024
The Division of Parks and Recreation’s proposed bike/pedestrian trail at Wolfe Neck in Cape Henlopen State Park is in limbo.
The site is the current location of the Sussex County Wolfe Neck Regional Wastewater Treatment Facility. The county had plans to convert the nearly 400-acre site to forest and provide access to the state park.
Agreements had been signed and grants applied for, the trail was designed and Sussex County had spent funds in 2022 to design a switch from spray irrigation to fixed-head pivot ground irrigation. The project was full steam ahead and expected to be completed in two to three years.
However, in June 2023, the joint project between Sussex County and the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control’s Division of Parks and Recreation hit a snag when significant cultural resources were found during a Phase 1 archaeological study on the proposed trail alignment, which now requires a Phase II study.
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