Newark voters will go to the polls tomorrow to elect a new Mayor replacing outgoing Vance Funk – a race that has attracted a lot of money and attention.
A key issue in the election is the planned 900-thousand square foot data center with its 248-magawatt gas-fired power plant on the old Chrysler site on the campus of the University of Delaware in Newark.
On the line are an expected new 340 jobs for the area.
And, it has united business groups and union leaders who say it will bring in $1.5 million in annual property taxes for the city.
It has also attracted a good deal of money in the race with one candidate bringing in nearly $15-thousand through November 18th.
The Wilmington News Journal reports that officials expect the issues will draw many voters polls despite the inclement weather on Tuesday.
In 2004 around 23 percent of eligible registered voters turned out.
There are just over 15-thousand residents who are eligible to cast ballots.
Noise Monitoring
The noise from the University of Delaware’s Science, Technology and Advanced Research Center on the former Chrysler site in Newark is being monitored by a third party engineering firm.
Newark officials say the sound-monitoring boxes will create a baseline level of sound in the neighborhoods for The Data Centers LLC.
The company wants to build a 900-thousand square-foot data-processing center with 248-megawatt gas-fired power plant on the site.
Newark City Manager Carol Houck told the Wilmington News Journal she believed these would remain in place for two weeks.
