Makeover Coming For Livingston Road

Several Essex County roadways are about to get a makeover.

Essex County officials announced on Wednesday that the county will be using a $5 million grant from the Annual Transportation Program to resurface the following roads:

• Livingston: Walnut Street from Eisenhower Parkway to South Orange Avenue
• West Orange: Pleasant Valley Way from Eagle Rock Avenue to Mt. Pleasant Avenue/Route 10
• South Orange: Wyoming Avenue from Luddington Road to South Orange Avenue
• Verona/West Orange: Lakeside Avenue/Pleasant Valley Way from Bloomfield Avenue Eagle Rock Avenue
• Fairfield: Fairfield Road from Route 46 to Passaic Avenue
• Irvington: Springfield Avenue from Becker Terrace to South 20th Street

According to a release, the project includes milling the old surface off the road, repairing broken curbing, improving handicapped ramps and crosswalk areas at intersections, laying new pavement and painting striping on the new surface.

Smith Sondy Asphalt Construction Co. from Wallington was awarded a competitively bid contract for $6.6 million to perform the road work.

The project is being supervised by the Essex County Department of Public Works.