POLL: Did Township’s $1.1M Road Improvement Program Address Major Issues?
Roadwork on 15 streets throughout Mahwah is expected to finish up next week
Within the next week, the 2012 Roads Program in Mahwah, which paved sections of 15 streets throughout the township, will be complete. According to an update given by township engineer Mike Kelly at a town council meeting last week, the repaving, curb and sidewalk improvements made to the roadways should be completed on time, by Oct. 15.
One of the major aspects of the program was a repaving of Ridge Road, which was finished first, before school began last month.
The town has since made improvements to Armour, Bellgrove, Lawrence, Moffat, Stag Hill, Mahwah, Franklin Turnpike, Doremus, Alcott, Babcock, Davidson, Olney and Stonewall roads, and Macarthur Boulevard.
The entire roads program this year cost the township about $1.1M. At last Thursday’s meeting, Councilman Harry Williams commented that the program had been “a success,” and that many roads in the township are “a lot better” than they were before. See the Patch photo gallery of all 15 streets before the work was done.
Now, Patch wants to know, do you think the money was well spent?
Regenbogen
3:58 pm on Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Meadow Ave. could have certainly used repairs. This is a well-traveled road used as a shortcut for NY residents wanting to avoid the traffic light on 202 and Franklin Tpke. Take a trip down the road and enjoy 4-wheelin experience!
Mike Kupchik
6:29 pm on Wednesday, October 10, 2012
So far, no new blacktop yet on Moffatt, though they did redate all the no parking signs that were posted.
Boxer 6
9:52 pm on Wednesday, October 10, 2012
It's only money well spent if the underlying issues are addressed that cause the asphalt to crack and degrade. In many cases, that's not what happens. In our case, Maysenger Road was repaved a few years ago and the road pitch was angled so most of the storm water comes down our driveway flooding our neighbor on Franklin Turnpike. So, I really feel that there is a certain level of incompetency when these projects are executed.