(5/27) Several road projects are slated for work this spring/summer within Hamiltonban Township. Supervisors voted to approve roadwork including seal coating, paving and line painting to improve roads throughout the township during their May 7 Board of Supervisors meeting.

With work completed last fall on Hickory Bridge Road Bridge, discussion for paving work on Hickory Bridge Road began earlier this year. The project was slated to include paving and pipe work along Hickory Bridge Road in Orrtanna. In March, the Board was presented with a condition from CSX Railroad, requiring a site visit by a representative if work is happening on or near the railroad. With bids already having been advertised the month before, Hamiltonban had to reject the four bids received for this project and re-bid the project based upon requirements from CSX Railroad.

In the meantime, cross pipe work and ditch work was started by Township staff in April, and the remaining paving work will follow by the approved contractor. Black top paving along Hickory Bridge Road/Carrolls Tract Road in Orrtanna was awarded to AAA Paving in Waynesboro for a cost of $45,942. The material cost will be at the township’s expense, and is estimated at $60,000. A Dirt and Gravel Low Volume Road Grant was obtained by the township for approximately $23,000 and will be used to help cover the cost of the cross pipe and ditch work being done in house.

In addition to the Hickory Bridge Road project, Supervisors are also planning work on several other roads throughout the township. Supervisors voted to advertise a bid for double seal coating covering approximately four miles of roadway, including portions of Mount Hope Road, Gum Springs Road, and Zoo Road. This seal coating project, in its entirety, is estimated to cost approximately $115,000. Supervisors also advertised for line painting in the entire township which will include 152,000 linear feet of double yellow, 20,000 linear feet of single white fog line, plus twelve stop bars and four railroad crossings. Bid opening, and potential bid approval, for both projects will occur in June at the regularly scheduled Board of Supervisors meeting.

Finally, during the same May 7 meeting, a bid to AAA Paving in Waynesboro was also awarded for two separate small patch paving projects. One project includes Mount Hope Road and Bullfrog Road, and the second project includes Cold Springs Road and Mt. Carmel Road. The cost for the first project is $10,500 and the cost of the second project is $13,165. There will also be additional costs for materials for both projects.