Road improvements are coming to Middletown Township neighborhoods as part of a new $1.7 million paving and restriping contract.
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The Middletown Township Board of Supervisors awarded the contract to Philadelphia-based James D. Morrissey Inc. The winning bid arrived approximately $189,000 under the township’s original cost estimates.
The 2026 road improvement program includes plans to repave all streets within the Quincy Hollow and Juniper Hill neighborhoods.
The planned milling and repaving follows the multi-year installation of new curb ramps in the Quincy Hollow and Juniper Hill neighborhoods.
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In addition, the contract includes the restriping of 14 roadways. Among those included is the service road along Route 1, a portion of which runs through Langhorne Manor Borough.
Officials said that the borough has agreed to fund the restriping for its section of the service road as a separate project alternate.
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Township Engineer Isaac Kessler said the restriping is a needed safety measure for roads where markings have deteriorated.
“These are roads that haven’t been repaved, at least in a few years. It’s starting to fade,” Kessler said. “We work with township staff as well as the public works department to identify which roadways would benefit from the restriping.”
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Supervisor Dana Kane questioned the decision to restripe the Route 1 service roads, noting the planned PennDOT reconstruction project intended to eliminate much of those roads.
Kessler explained that because the PennDOT work is still several years away, the restriping is required to address immediate safety concerns.
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The road program also includes $61,198 for drainage improvements on Harris Avenue.
Rather than drawing from the general road program budget, the drainage and road improvements will be funded through the township’s stormwater fee.
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According to Kessler, the Harris Avenue project is designed to fix a long-standing issue where water flows down the street and onto properties located on Rising Sun Avenue.
To fix the problem, the township’s public works department will install new drainage infrastructure before the contractor begins repaving.
The work is expected to allow water to be directed into a new collection system.
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