ROAD MAINTENANCE

Roadway maintenance involves a variety of seasonal operations performed throughout the year. Seven full-time and one part-time Road Department employees maintain nearly 97 center line miles (195 lane miles) of roadway and the accompanying road right-of-way. Maintenance duties include:

Daily Activities:

• Routine and emergency roadway repairs
• Emergency roadway obstruction removal
• Snow and Ice control
• Rural right-of-way ditch/ berm maintenance
• Traffic sign repair
• Roadside weed control
• Township fleet maintenance
• Township facility maintenance
• Service calls for resident-reported road issues.

Yearly Programs:

• Roadway crack sealing-preventive maintenance (spring)
• Right-of-way stormwater system management (fall)
• Rural roadside litter control (winter/spring)
• Rural right-of-way berm mowing (spring/summer)
• Rural right-of-way vegetation control (winter)
• Subdivision street sweeping (fall)
• Traffic sign inspection (winter)
• Culvert and catch basin inspection (winter)
• Stormwater inlet maintenance (spring/summer)
• Right-of-way subdivision tree trimming (winter)