June 29 2022
Middletown Township's Road Improvement Program is a fourteen-year plan to repave more than 100 miles of Township-owned roads in the community. Damaged and worn roads can cause safety hazards and additional risk to vehicle maintenance. It is important to keep road repaving on schedule because delays cause additional wear to roads, making them more expensive to fix and maintain over longer periods of time.
The tenth year of the Road Improvement Program was recently authorized by the Middletown Township Board of Supervisors and will repave 3.85 miles of road. Road paving is focused on the Idlewood neighborhood, as well as select other Township-owned roads in the Township. A full list is available below. Repaving is expected to occur between July and September.
The contract to complete this work was awarded to JD Morrissey, Inc., for $1.76 million. The Township solicits bids for repaving several miles of Township roads each year. Soliciting bids from contractors allows the Township to find a competitive rate from various businesses, while avoiding overhead costs such as equipment and seasonal personnel. Also included with this bid are the repaving of a parking lot and walking path at Twin Oaks Park, as well as paving of a lot at the Middletown Community Center for pickleball courts..
The full list of roads (all or in part) to be paved include:
- Doublewoods Rd, from Fulling Mill Rd to dead end;
- Knoll Ave, entire length;
- Shaw Ave, entire length;
- Fairhill Ave, from Old Lincoln Highway to dead end;
- Grand Ave, entire length;
- S Hazel Ave, entire length;
- Hill St, entire length;
- Orchard Ave, entire length;
- Walnut St/Bristol Ave, from parking lot on PFC John Delola Ave to municipal line;
- Dogwood St, entire length;
- Turtle Ln, entire length;
- Deer Dr, entire length;
- E Ravine Ave, entire length.
- Eagle Ln, entire length;
- Pheasant Dr, entire length;
- Granite Ave, entire length;
- Forget Me Not Ln, entire length;
- Twin Oaks Park, entrance, parking lot, and a portion of walking path; (Alternate Bid No. 1)
- Middletown Senior Citizen Center, rear parking lot repaving and installation of three pickleball courts. (Alternate Bid No. 2)
In addition to these roads, PennDOT is busy throughout the area repaving state-owned roads.
Construction is expected to be completed by the fall. Please follow posted signage as crews perform work.