Supervisors Authorize Engineer To Bid Road Paving Program In Newtown

NEWTOWN TOWNSHIP, PA — More than two miles of township-owned roadways are scheduled to be repaved under this year’s road program.

On Wednesday night, the board of supervisors voted to authorize the township’s engineer to solicit bids for the work, which is expected to cost around one million dollars.

Bid opening is scheduled for March 14 with a potential bid award taking place on March 22.

The base bid includes 2.32 miles of roadways:

• Lower Dolington (Frost Lane to Silver Lake Road)

• Redwood Lane (North Lane to Sequoia)

• Ebony Court (Sequoia to end)

• Tamarack Court (Sequoia to end)

• Sequoia Drive (North Lane to North Lane)

• Canterbury Court (Union Street to Mill Pond)

Bidders will also be encouraged to bid on an alternative roads package, which will be awarded if the budget allows. The alternates include 2.18 miles, including:

• Amy Circle (Eagle Road to end)

• Coachwood Court (Cypress Place to end)

• Eagle Road (211 Eagle Road to 2 Blayze Court)

• Lafayette Street (South Lincoln to end)

• Monterey Place (Cypress Place to end)

• Mulberry Place (Cypress Place to end)

• North Drive (Society Place west entrance to Sassafras Court)

• Valley Court (Bucks Meadow Lane to end)

• Rosefield Drive (Stoopville Road to Atkinson Lane)

• Amaryllis Lane (Jonquil Drive to Jonquil Drive)

• Union Street (Mill Pond Road to High Street)

The work will be funded by $530,000 from the township’s liquid fuels budget, $300,000 from the general fund and $167,000 from the American Rescue Plan.

In other action, the supervisors voted unanimously to lower the speed limit from 35 to 25 mph along the entire length of Sycamore Street. The reduction is part of a broader project to improve pedestrian safety along the commercial corridor.

Other safety measures have included sight distance improvements, new line striping and eliminating right turns on red at Durham and Sycamore.

The board also approved the purchase of three new police vehicles at a cost of $195,908 through CoStars and Chapman Auto. Due to a shortage of chips and a low inventory of vehicles, the vehicles may not arrive until 2024.