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Delaware Lawmakers Take Up Capital Budget

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DOVER, Del. (AP) - State lawmakers are beginning to work in earnest on a capital budget for road and construction projects in the upcoming fiscal year.

The legislature's capital budget committee met Thursday to review Gov. Jack Markell's proposed $385 million capital spending plan.

At the same time, lawmakers added roughly $24 million in proposed additional spending items, while acknowledging they don't have a lot of money to work with.

The lawmakers' wish list includes $400,000 for a Boys and Girls Club in Wilmington, $500,000 for park improvements in Wilmington, and $200,000 to explore expansion of a minor-league baseball park in Wilmington.

The committee was to meet again Friday to start making final decisions on which projects will be funded before the fiscal year begins next Wednesday.

Don Rush is the News Director at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.