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DNREC Division of Fish & Wildlife announces Collins Beach boat ramp facility to have limited access to lower parking lot and intermittent boat ramp closures Sept. 6-7

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, September 2, 2016



DOVER – DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife announced today that the Collins Beach boat ramp facility will have limited access Sept. 6 and 7 while the Division assists Delmarva Power with the critical, time-sensitive waterborne offloading of a large transformer at the boat ramp for transport to the utility’s Townsend power substation on Flemings Landing Road in Smyrna. After a recent transformer failure there, Delmarva Power needed to get a replacement unit onsite as quickly as possible, and DNREC agreed to help, given that the transformer is key Delmarva Power infrastructure for ensuring electric reliability in areas of New Castle and Kent County.  

The northern half of the lower parking lot at Collins Beach will be closed early afternoon on Tuesday, Sept. 6 through Wednesday, Sept 7. to facilitate  offloading and subsequent transport of the transformer to the  Delmarva Power’s Townsend substation. Though the boat ramp will remain open during most of this time intermittent, short closures can be expected from 1- 7 p.m. Sept 7. The upper lot will remain open throughout the duration of the project.

Boaters who regularly use the Collins Beach boat ramp for access to the upper Delaware Bay and Delaware River may choose to use the Woodland Beach Boat Ramp, located on Woodland Beach Road in Woodland Beach, or the Augustine Boat Ramp on Route 9 in Port Penn.

Delmarva Power’s transformer replacement project is expected to be complete, with full access restored at the Collins Beach boating access area, by Thursday, Sept. 8. 

For more information, please call the Fisheries Section at 302-739-9914.

CONTACT: Michael Globetti, DNREC Public Affairs, 302-739-9902

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DNREC Division of Fish & Wildlife announces Collins Beach boat ramp facility to have limited access to lower parking lot and intermittent boat ramp closures Sept. 6-7

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, September 2, 2016



DOVER – DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife announced today that the Collins Beach boat ramp facility will have limited access Sept. 6 and 7 while the Division assists Delmarva Power with the critical, time-sensitive waterborne offloading of a large transformer at the boat ramp for transport to the utility’s Townsend power substation on Flemings Landing Road in Smyrna. After a recent transformer failure there, Delmarva Power needed to get a replacement unit onsite as quickly as possible, and DNREC agreed to help, given that the transformer is key Delmarva Power infrastructure for ensuring electric reliability in areas of New Castle and Kent County.  

The northern half of the lower parking lot at Collins Beach will be closed early afternoon on Tuesday, Sept. 6 through Wednesday, Sept 7. to facilitate  offloading and subsequent transport of the transformer to the  Delmarva Power’s Townsend substation. Though the boat ramp will remain open during most of this time intermittent, short closures can be expected from 1- 7 p.m. Sept 7. The upper lot will remain open throughout the duration of the project.

Boaters who regularly use the Collins Beach boat ramp for access to the upper Delaware Bay and Delaware River may choose to use the Woodland Beach Boat Ramp, located on Woodland Beach Road in Woodland Beach, or the Augustine Boat Ramp on Route 9 in Port Penn.

Delmarva Power’s transformer replacement project is expected to be complete, with full access restored at the Collins Beach boating access area, by Thursday, Sept. 8. 

For more information, please call the Fisheries Section at 302-739-9914.

CONTACT: Michael Globetti, DNREC Public Affairs, 302-739-9902

Vol. 46, No. 323

 

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