Wrightstown officials are eyeing up projects to improve local roadways this year.
At a recent public meeting, the Wrightstown Board of Supervisors and township professionals discussed several potential projects.
One centers on Cedar Lane, where decades of erosion have led to stream bank and road deterioration. The board is currently seeking estimates for two areas of the road where bank stabilization is needed. “The plan is to contract this work out for completion within the next two months,” said Supervisor Chairman Chester Pogonowski.
Additionally, supervisors are looking to have the township public works department replace two crossover pipes in the roadway on Cedar Lane.
“There are two remaining areas of stabilization needed on Cedar Lane that will be delayed until the 2025 season to be completed with repaving,” Pogonowski said. “The estimated cost of the 2024 stabilization project is under $23,000.”
Meanwhile, the board authorized the seeking of bids from contractors interested in paving Park Avenue.
“The scope of the work includes replacement of an 18-inch pipe across the roadway, a limited amount of base repair where significant potholes or road edge deterioration has occurred, a double seal coat (oil and chip) on the road, and the installation of fog and center lines,” explained Pogonowski.
The estimated expense of the project is $108,000, plus the cost of engineering and inspection. “Our goal is to get the bid package advertised as soon as possible to get an early date in the construction season for late spring/early summer construction,” Pogonowski shared.
Wrightstown officials are investigating what it might take to replace a corrugated metal culvert on Thompson Mill Road, near the township border with Upper Makefield. The culvert is deteriorating and will need replacing. The project could cost north of $200,000 and might require permitting from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, officials said.
A township engineer will be conferring with DEP, completing a traffic count of the number of vehicles going over the culvert and doing additional construction estimates.
The board also reviewed potential work at the Wrightstown Library building, which includes the need to get estimates to pave the parking lot and to paint the old schoolhouse porch and possibly the interior space that’s used as the library community center. There is no timeline on that work as of yet.
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