Repaving Springfield Avenue

yahooyahoo

Oct 8, 2015 at 12:42pm

I just got a notice that Springfield Avenue will be closed the next several nights for repaving, from Rutgers St to Boyden Ave.

I can think of several streets in Maplewood that need repaving much more that Springfield Ave. Is there some reason why Springfield Ave is being done again this soon after the last repaving?

mrmaplewood

Oct 9, 2015 at 8:52am

Who sent the notice? Township or county. I'm unclear who is responsible since Maplewood took responsibility in order to reconfigure the road.

Red_Barchetta

Oct 9, 2015 at 8:57am

And I hope the new surface won't get torn up by construction vehicles or utility trenching for the new building at PSEG.

mumstheword

Oct 9, 2015 at 9:48am

Did they ever re-pave Elmwood or Parker? My car was never the same trying to navigate the huge potholes on both streets.

max_weisenfeld

Oct 9, 2015 at 1:05pm

mrmaplewood said:
Who sent the notice? Township or county. I'm unclear who is responsible since Maplewood took responsibility in order to reconfigure the road.

Township. It's a township road.

FC_

Oct 9, 2015 at 7:39pm

mumstheword said:
Did they ever re-pave Elmwood or Parker? My car was never the same trying to navigate the huge potholes on both streets.

I love those potholes. They keep traffic down to a respectable 40 miles per hour.

ArchBroad

Oct 12, 2015 at 10:34am

They need to pave my street instead of the patchwork job they've been doing our past four years here, every year.

cody

Oct 12, 2015 at 10:36am

There's the beginnings of a trench right down the middle of Park Road.

JLJohn

Oct 12, 2015 at 10:51am

Someone has to make a request on the town website for patchwork/repaving in order for them to get off their ass.

Bee

Oct 12, 2015 at 3:00pm

Nice

JLJohn said:
Someone has to make a request on the town website for patchwork/repaving in order for them to get off their ass.

lord_pabulum

Oct 13, 2015 at 4:24am

yahooyahoo said:
I can think of several streets in Maplewood that need repaving much more that Springfield Ave. Is there some reason why Springfield Ave is being done again this soon after the last repaving?

Yes. Not sure why that stretch of road was chosen. The plan is on the township website here. One of the things being done is removal of the textured asphalt median which was a waste in the first place. It may make the vacant lot on the corner of Wellesley Rd and Springfield more accessible for a high-rise to be built or the town has extra money to spend.