Paving Program 2008


The borough's contractor will begin paving work on the following roads (subject to change based on final asphalt costs) in late June/early July:
 The following three streets have been awarded separately under bid to Folino Construction.  We anticipate that work will begin in August on these streets: Asphalt costs will be determined closer to the time of construction.   In order to prepare for the program, residents from all streets that may be included in the program will be notified by mid June via a flier placed in their mail box or at their front door by borough personnel.  Access to these roads will be restricted during construction.  Text from the flier is as follows (text will be similar for residents of the 3 additional streets noted above):

The borough’s contractor, Nagy Construction, will begin work on improvements to the road adjacent to your property soon.  The timing of all work will depend on weather conditions.  No parking will be permitted where posted and residents and visitors are advised to park well away from the roadway to allow construction equipment full access to the road and to protect your vehicle from any damage or asphalt spray.  The crew will post signs listing parking restrictions which will indicate that work on your road will begin (again, weather permitting).  In certain areas where the road may require overnight restrictions, residents will be able to park on adjoining streets.

During construction there will be times when access to your driveway and/or parking pad may be limited or restricted.  Once the road is completed, there will be a short time when driving on the new surface will be prohibited to allow the asphalt to cure.

The contractor will likely mill all road surfaces around the borough first, removing the top layer of asphalt.  You can drive carefully on a milled road though it will create ridges in the surface that will add to any road noise you may hear.  Once all roads in this year’s pavement program are milled the contractor will begin one road at a time to restore the surface of the road with one to several inches of new asphalt.  The contractor will determine the order such work will occur in cooperation with borough personnel.

In some places wedge asphalt curbs will be installed or replaced.  The borough crew will return after the road construction is finished and restore the area behind the wedge curb with either soil and grass or stone depending on the previous condition of the area.  This may take several weeks following the completion of the construction work.

In future years the crew will return to your road to seal any cracks that typically develop in new asphalt as the subsurface shifts due to weather changes.

If you have any questions or concerns you may call Jim Theilacker 412-351-7330 x 207.

NOTE (this note will be eliminated for the residents of the 3 streets in question):

Three streets have been tentatively added to the paving program pending final asphalt costs:  Avenue E, Atlantic Ave. (Sumner to K) and Forest Hills Road (Woodside to Niagara).  While the crew is preparing these streets for possible paving this year, the rising fuel costs which also impact asphalt costs may prohibit the borough from including one, two or all three of these streets in the 2008 program.  If you live on one of these streets you will be notified again if we are able to include your street in this year’s paving program. 


For an overview of the borough's paving program, please go to the budget page or directly to the 2008 Road Improvement Program budget which explains how the borough evaluates roads and provides a list of all borough streets with an explanation as to how they are rated.  Council dedicated 1 mill of taxes to road improvements in 2007 and 2008.  That mill provides approximately $300,000 a year.  Future budget decisions by council will determine the course of the road improvement program as council is required to review financial information and pass a new budget and approve a tax rate each year.  Information on the budget process is described in the general fund budget (see the budget message) on the budget page.