Credit: PA Internet News Service
The Middletown Township Board of Supervisors has approved an amended $1.6 million road program contract for 2026, saving the township just over $100,000 by reducing the scope of a previously-approved planned roadway restriping project.
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The amended agreement with Philadelphia-based James D. Morrissey Inc. was approved at last month’s supervisors meeting and came a month after a $1.7 million contract was approved.
The revised contract trims the number of road segments scheduled for restriping from 14 down to five.
“The original effort was to basically restripe just about every roadway that the township had ownership of to just give a fresh striping of all that,” Township Engineer Isaac Kessler said. “With the revisiting, really, it’s better sense to do the ones that are either fading and deteriorated this year.”
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The five road segments selected for restriping this year are Chicken Foot Road, Fulling Mill Road, Snowball Drive, Wood Lane, and Big Oak Road between Woodbourne and the 2400 block of Big Oak Road.
Officials plan to address other roads requiring restriping in future years, Kessler said.
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While the restriping plans were reduced, the contract maintains its original scope for repaving work.
The 2026 road improvement program includes the milling and repaving of all streets within the Quincy Hollow and Juniper Hill neighborhoods. The paving follows a multi-year project to install new curb ramps in both neighborhoods.
Additionally, the road program allocates $61,198 for drainage improvements on Harris Avenue.
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The change came after Supervisor Dana Kane questioned the need for the extensive restriping project during a meeting the previous month.
Kane thanked staff for revisiting the proposal and bringing the modified contract back to the supervisors.
