Even with wet, cool weather over Memorial Day weekend, traffic totals in Delaware were close to pre-COVID-19 levels, according to the Delaware Department of Transportation. “Certainly, the weather was not ideal; however, traffic volumes were certainly still close to 2019 levels with Route 1 traffic counts only down about 3%, and I-95 volume down about 6%,” said Charles “C.R.” McLeod, director of communications for DelDOT. “We actually had a 20% increase of traffic on U.S. 301 from 2019. So overall, it did fall within our expectations.” From May 28-31, 506,780 vehicles passed through the Del. 1 tollbooths, while 399,092 went through the tolls on I-95 and 74,387 traveled through the tolls on U.S. 301.
Human-composting bill introduced in Delaware House
On April 15, House Bill 165, also known as “An Act to Amend the Delaware Code Relating to Human Remains,” was introduced and assigned to the Health & Human Development Committee in the House of Representatives. Supported by primary sponsor Rep. Andria Bennett, D-Dover, alongside Sen. Dave Sokola, D-Newark; Rep. Sean Lynn, D-Dover; and others, the bill presents those wishing for their final resting place to be environmentally safe the option of having their bodies turned into soil. The process of natural organic reduction, or human composting, involves human remains breaking down to be reused as soil. New to the funerary field, the process of natural organic reduction is one of many sustainable alternatives to a traditional burial or cremation.