Annual Seal Coat (oil and chip) and Traffic Line Painting
Each year the Township awards contracts to perform paving and / or seal coating as well as yellow and white traffic line painting in order to keep the roads safe and in good condition.
Roads are selected by the Public Works Director on a rotating or as-needed basis. Work for each contract usually takes place over a three-day period with seal coat in the summer and line painting during late summer or early fall.
Seal Coating
Also known as “oil and chip,” this maintenance activity is used as an economical way to extend the life of roads. This process is performed only during hot weather.
Signs are posted on roads to be treated 1 to 2 weeks in advance. On the day of sealcoating, the roads are closed except to local traffic. First, hot liquid asphalt is sprayed on the road; next, fine stones are spread on top of the asphalt, and lastly, the area is rolled. After the treatment is completed, the road is again opened to traffic.
Motorists should reduce their speed on these roads for a minimum of two days until the stone and the asphalt fully adhere.
The Public Works staff sweeps any loose stone that has not adhered to the road surface about 1 to 2 weeks after treatment in housing developments only.
No major seal coat projects are scheduled for 2024; however, spot seal coating is scheduled for the latter part of May.
Avoid Line Paint on Your Car
Sometimes you will come across one of our line paint crews and, unfortunately, paint can make its way onto your vehicle unless you take precautions. To avoid this happening, here are a few tips:
- Stay back 500 feet from the line-painting equipment (that equals a little more than 1.5 football fields).
- Don’t drive on the wet paint lines (if they look new, they could be wet!).
- Don’t pass the trucks.
- BE PATIENT! The paint truck will pull over periodically to let traffic pass.
It is Township policy to not reimburse motorists for line paint on their cars.
2024 Construction Projects
Line Painting was awarded at the Board of Supervisors Meeting on April 10. Please see the Bid Tabulation below.
Bids for Paving and Snow Plowing were opened at 11:15 am on May 8, 2024. The Board will vote on the apparent low bidders at their Regular Meeting at 7:00 pm.