Sparta's 2020 Twp Road Paving Program

Press release from Sparta Township:

Oct. 1, 2020

Sparta Township evaluates the condition of its road system on an annual basis as part of its ongoing roadway maintenance program. The Engineering Department and Public Works Department work together to assess the condition of all roads throughout the Township compiling a list of municipal roads recommended for improvement on a yearly basis. Using various criteria and a rating matrix, selected roads are either paved or scheduled for microsurfacing. This evaluation process is applied to the more than 110 miles of roadway the Township of Sparta is responsible for.

This year, as part of the Asphalt Road Paving Program, the Township has budgeted funds for the improvement of 6 roads or about 4 miles of roadway within the community. This work is in addition to the 19 roads that were recently completed as part of the Microsurfacing component of our street improvement program. The aforementioned work equated to the improvement of approximately 6 miles of roadway in the municipality and a total of 10 miles of road improvement for 2020.

The following roads are scheduled to be milled and paved this month and should be completed by mid-October:

Asphalt Road Paving Program Description

Gail Court Entire roadway

Green Rd Route 181 to Tomahawk Trail

Hunters Lane Entire roadway

Pinkneyville Road Entire Roadway

West Mountain Road Route 517 to 2nd Entrance to High School

Wilson Drive Entire roadway

Notification and updated from the Department of Public Works will be provided through the Township & Police Facebook pages, Honeywell Alert notices, and onsite visual message boards (VMB’s).

If you have any questions, please call the Department of Public Works at 973-729-6178.

This press release was produced by Sparta Township. The views expressed here are the author’s own.