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The Road Resurfacing Program is a long-term capital improvement plan that is based upon an objective engineering determination of the need for maintenance. It would obviously be impractical and financially prohibitive to resurface every municipally owned road at the same time. Therefore, determination of road resurfacing projects is based in large part on the Road Condition Study performed by the Municipal Engineer in 1997 which is updated each year in anticipation of preparing the annual capital improvement budget.
The prioritization process involves weighing the following critieria:
HP: High priority IP: Intermediate priority LP: Low priority
* Whether a roadway is designated as a collector street (HP) or local street (IP or LP).
* The percentage of available right-of-way along the proposed project.
* The land use of adjoining properties: residential (HP), other (IP), vacant (LP).
* Existing condition: safety issues (HP), quality of life issues (IP), cosmetic (LP).
* Access to schools (IP).
* Connects to bus routes (IP).
* On a bicycle route (IP).
* Access to public parks (IP).
* Bottleneck condition (IP).
* Access to other large traffic generators (churches, shopping malls, etc.).
* Neighborhood Revitalization (IP).
Potholes usually form because of water infiltration into the road base. Cold Patch is an emergency cold applied asphalt which is used mainly in the winter months when production of hot asphalt is not feasible. It is used for pothole patching only; it cannot be used for paving an entire street. Cold Patch is a pliable material that has enough density to remain in the pothole when applied. In the summer, when exposed to the heat, the Cold Patch forms a solid, permanent patch.
To report a pothole repair call 609-296-3600. The Department of Public Works relies heavily on the public to inform us when potholes have developed.