2024 'Slurry Seal' Road Repairs To Be Applied To Somerset County Roads

SOMERSET COUNTY, NJ— Beginning the first week of September Somerset County will once again apply the "slurry seal" road improvement process.

The Somerset County Commissioners authorized funding of $850,000 to overlay six miles of roads throughout Somerset County.

All work in the contract will be completed in calendar year 2024. The specific roads included in the contract are:

• CR533 Millstone River Road in Hillsborough/Montgomery from Blackwells Mills Causeway to Dead Tree Run Road
• CR620 Burnt Mills Road, Township of Bedminster, from Country Club Road to Route 202/206
• CR620 Washington Valley Road, Township of Bedminster, from Route 202/206 to Mount Prospect Road

"Somerset County is responsible for ensuring that hundreds of miles of local and regional roads are safe and maintained, and that means making improvements to a portion of our roadways each year," said Somerset County Commissioner Melonie Marano, liaison to Public Works. "We work hard to keep the costs and impact on traffic down as much as possible when performing road work. Over the past few years, the use of the ‘slurry seal’ process has accomplished both goals even beyond our expectations."

The slurry seal process is used to extend the life of pavement by five years or more on roads that need maintenance but do not yet require full replacement. Eventually all roads require milling and paving, but the use of slurry seal reduces long-term expenses by cost-effectively expanding the time between milling and paving projects by five years or more.

"As a result, the County decreases the overall cost of maintaining its 260 miles of roadway while keeping or improving roadway conditions and automobile safety," according to the County.

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