Richland supervisors OK $1.9M summer paving plan

Published: Wednesday, April 23, 2014, 9:00p.m. Updated 20 hours ago

Potholed Dickey Road between Route 8 and Meridian Road leads the list of Richland roads slated for facelifts this year.

Richland supervisors voted April 16 to spend $1.9 million on resurfacing approximately five miles of township roads in the coming months.

Shields Asphalt Paving of Richland submitted the lowest bid to perform the paving work.

Richland Township Manager Dean Bastianini praised Tim Shields, president of the local company, for the firm's bid and past performance on township projects.

He's got an A-team of employees. He takes pride in doing a good job, Bastianini said. We got an excellent price offer from Shields. You'll never see these prices again.

Bastianini said Shields workers always call the township offices when they encounter a problem during resurfacing projects, such as water-drainage issues that might affect the lifespan of a new road surface.

Among the forthcoming road-improvement projects, Northern Tier Library's parking lot and driveway will be repaved. The library will pay the $65,927 cost of that project.

Also scheduled for work are Walcott Drive, Wilshire Court and Northfield Drive in the Richland Highlands housing plan and Kim Lane in the Fairwinds development.

In Orchard Park, the roads set for resurfacing are Woodhill Drive, Lamont Drive, Mountain Drive and Applejack Drive.

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Richland supervisors OK $1.9M summer paving plan