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The POW-MIA Parkway is complete

Nick Ciolino
War veterans are the first to ride on the parkway.

On the morning of the United States’ National POW/MIA Recognition Day, the Delaware Department of Transportation announced the completion of an eponymous road project.The POW/MIA Parkway, also known as the West Dover Connector, is more than three miles of newly constructed roadway connecting North Street to US-13 in Dover, and is set to open to traffic this weekend.

The roadway connects recreational facilities, residential areas, commercial and medical facilities, but the sentiment at the day’s ribbon cutting ceremony was for the parkway’s name.

“What’s in a name? There’s a lot of power in a name,” said Sen. Chris Coons. “To name this parkway after America’s prisoners of war and America’s missing in action is a great action.”

The total cost of the project was 50 million dollars.

“This is an incredible transportation project, but it’s really only a transportation project without what we’re doing here today: designating it POW/MIA Parkway,” said Gov. John Carney.

The ribbon cutting ceremony was concluded with a procession of war veterans led by retired Brigadier General and former prisoner of war Jon Reynolds, the first to ride on the newly paved road.

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