Protesters continue to voice concerns over proposal for Five Points intersection

A sea of green and concerned faces from Rehoboth and Lewes filled the  Beacon Middle School lunchroom. Most of them worried that the solution to fixing congestion at the Five Points Intersection will be converting an abandoned railroad into a limited-access highway.

"The highway on the rail trail is a quality-of-life issue which we are not going to standby and let it happen," said resident Patrick Kerwin.

Residents are worried that the highway would be a nuisance because of it's proximity to their neighborhoods and those like  Kerwin are upset that people aren't aware of the potential project. 

"Following the last meeting we really hit the pavement because we found most people have no idea what is going on," said Kerwin.

The outrage over the potential plan lead to the creation of the rail trail coalition to protest the proposal. It's their hope that together they convince the five points working group to vote down that idea and go in a different direction. 

"There's 103 total ideas that will be voted on by the working group over the next two Mondays," said DelDot Director of Planning Drew Boyce.

So far the other proposals have already got the green light such as creating more effective signs for the intersection, but the fate of the abandoned railroad won't be determined until next week. Officials say they're confident in the five points group to make the best decisions for the area. 

DelDot will be holding another meeting next Monday for the five points group to finish voting on the remaining proposals. The event will be held again at the Beacon Middle School at 6 PM.