Essex County Will Resurface These Local Roads In 2018

ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Officials have released the list of county-maintained streets that are due for work as part of the Essex County’s Roadway Resurfacing Program for 2018.

According to county officials, the annual project includes milling the old surface off the roads, repairing broken curbing, improving handicapped ramps and crosswalk areas at intersections, and laying new pavement and painting striping on the new surfaces.

Smith Sondy Asphalt Construction Co. from Wallington was awarded a publicly bid contract for $8,161,575 to perform the construction work. The project is being supervised by the Essex County Department of Public Works. The resurfacing is being funded with a grant from the NJ Department of Transportation.

The county’s 2018 Roadway Resurfacing Program includes the following roads:

• Bloomfield: Broad Street from the Passaic County line to Bloomfield Avenue
• Caldwell and West Caldwell: Westville Avenue from Passaic Avenue to 246 Westville Avenue in West Caldwell and Washburn Place to Roseland Avenue in Caldwell
• Caldwell and Essex Fells: Runnymeade Road from Westville Avenue in Caldwell to Roseland Avenue Essex Fells
• Livingston and Millburn: Old Short Hills Road from Northfield Avenue in Livingston to Parsonage Hill Road in Millburn
• Maplewood: Valley Street from Hixon Place to the Union County line
• Newark and East Orange: Park Avenue from North 15th Street in East Orange to North 11th Street in Newark
• Newark: South Orange Avenue from Grove Street to Howard Street
• Newark: Broadway from Mill Street to Broadway/Clark Street
• Newark: Park Avenue from 4th Street to Bloomfield Avenue
• Roseland: Eagle Rock Avenue from River Road to Passaic Avenue
• Roseland: Eagle Rock Avenue from Fernwood Avenue to Cortlandt Street
• Roseland: Roseland Avenue from Bloomfield Avenue to Eagle Rock Avenue
• South Orange and Orange: Scotland Road from Main Street in Orange to South Orange Avenue in South Orange
• West Orange: Eagle Rock Avenue from Pleasant Valley Way to Park Drive North

“Essex residents and motorists rely on our intricate network of roads to get to work, go to school and carry out their daily errands,” County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr. said. “We apologize for any inconvenience the construction may cause, but the end result will improve our quality of life by making it easier and safer to travel through Essex County.”

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