Schooley’s Mountain Road to Shut Completely for Paving Project

A schedule change to arrange for better blacktop will have residents seeing red at the end of the month.

Washington Township Police announced Friday that Tilcon, the company milling and paving Schooley’s Mountain Road from its southern end up to the intersection with Springtown Road, will need the roadway shut completely from Wednesday, July 30 through Friday, Aug. 1 and again from Monday, Aug. 4 through Wednesday, Aug. 6.

The first three-day closure will be to mill the road and the second closure will be to pave and lay down new asphalt, Lt. Doug Compton said. Depending on the work area, traffic will either be detoured off Schooley’s Mountain Road onto Camp Washington Road or Fairview Avenue.

Officers will be stationed at each detour intersection to assist with traffic, Compton said.

Work will take place between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. during those days.

Morris County, which owns the roadway and puts paving projects in place, has said the other side of the mountain will be milled and paved later in the summer.