By: Lea Kahn
Township Council plans to take final action on a $750,000 bond ordinance Wednesday, paving the way for the township’s 2002 road overlay and reconstruction program.
If the council approves the ordinance, work should begin in June on the first batch of streets that would be given a new layer of asphalt.
Alyce Court, Barnett Road, Jill Lane, Merritt Drive and Ravona Place would be given a fresh coat of asphalt in the overlay program, Municipal Engineer Christopher Budzinski said.
A new coat of asphalt also would be given to Dennick Court and to a portion of Province Line Road, between Route 206 and Tomlyn Drive, in the spring road program.
Several additional streets would be given a new coat of asphalt in the fall, Mr. Budzinski said. Those streets include Hopewell Avenue, Indiana Avenue, Michigan Avenue, Ohio Avenue, Pear Street, Pilgrim Avenue and Puritan Avenue.
The work would be done by township Public Works Department crews, Mr. Budzinski said. The overlay program calls for skimming off two inches of asphalt and putting down a new layer of asphalt. An overlay of asphalt should last about 10 or 15 years, he said.
The work takes about a week to perform, Mr. Budzinski said. The streets would be open to residents while the workmen remove the top layer of asphalt, but they would be closed on the day that the new asphalt is being applied. The work would be performed between 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. Notices would be put in residents’ mailboxes the night before the asphalt is applied, asking them to park on adjacent streets, he said.
Mr. Budzinski estimated the cost of performing the work at $175,000. Township Council would seek bids on the material only, he said. The Public Works Department crews would do the work as part of their duties.
Work on a modified reconstruction of several streets would be bid out by the council and handed off to a contractor, Mr. Budzinski said. The plan calls for installing a new base about two inches underneath the roadway, and a two-inch layer of asphalt on top.
The modified reconstruction program would be bid out because it is more than the Public Works Department crews can handle, he said. It would interfere with their other duties, he said.
Brearley Avenue, Drexel Avenue, Fernwood Avenue and Sturwood Way are slated for a modified reconstruction project during June and July, Mr. Budzinski said. The work is estimated to cost $200,000.
In the fall, Coolidge Avenue and portions of Foch Avenue, Hoover Avenue and Hughes Avenue are slated for a modified reconstruction and overlay, he said. The work is estimated to cost $128,000.
Foch Avenue will be partially reconstructed, between Hoover Avenue and Texas Avenue. Hoover Avenue and Hughes Avenue both will be partially reconstructed, between Princeton Pike and Glenn Avenue.
