Verona Announces 2013 Road Projects
Township Engineer Jim Helb presented this year's blueprint to the township council Monday night.
Verona Township Engineer James Helb announced five street projects slated for this year during his presentation to the Verona Township Council during its Monday night meeting. The new projects will either reconstruct or resurface sections of Linden and Personette avenues, Brookside Terrace, Oak Lane, Crane Terrace, Peckman Court and Birch Lane. Reconstruction is when the road needs to be stripped down by two or more layers and built back up, said Jeff Hayes, Director of IT and Office of Emergency Management. “Roads have five layers starting with the ground, then shoulder stone, then a quarry process which is compacted, then a base coat of asphalt and finally the top coat,” he said. Resurfacing is when the top layers of asphalt are scraped …
