Stafford Completes 4-Plus Miles Of Road Paving, Plans Additional Resurfacing This Summer

STAFFORD, Conn. — The town of Stafford has completed about 4.4 miles of roadway paving and resurfacing during fiscal year 2026 and is preparing to begin another major road improvement project next month, town officials announced.

Completed work included resurfacing approximately 2.97 miles of Hampden Road, applying an asphalt overlay to about 1,500 feet of the most deteriorated section of Gulf Road, paving about 1 mile of Edgewood Street and 0.1 mile of Clinton Street, and replacing the sidewalk along Edgewood Street.

Town officials said milling and paving have been completed on Clinton Street and Edgewood Street, although some work remains, including backfilling along the new sidewalk and completing driveway aprons where needed.

The town's next paving project is scheduled to begin around Aug. 13, when crews are expected to start milling Colburn Road. Paving is expected to follow shortly afterward.

The project will resurface approximately 1.58 miles of Colburn Road between Route 19 and Hydeville Road. It also includes minor repairs to the Colburn Road bridge near Route 19 and paving a short section of Upper Road between Colburn Road and the abandoned Upper Road bridge.

The Colburn Road work will be completed through the State of Connecticut's vendor-in-place paving contract at an estimated cost of about $500,000.

Once the Colburn Road project is complete, the town will have improved about 5.9 miles of roadway since the start of fiscal year 2026, not including the Upper Road segment.

Town officials also announced they are conducting an updated pavement evaluation of Stafford's road network to guide future resurfacing and reconstruction projects. The assessment will be used to develop one-, three-, five- and 10-year paving priorities based on roadway conditions, traffic volumes, available outside funding and annual paving appropriations.

Officials noted that construction schedules remain subject to change because of weather, contractor availability, equipment issues or other unforeseen circumstances.