SANATOGA PA – It’s been three weeks – since Aug. 18 (2011) – that Lower Pottsgrove (PA) Township has been awaiting re-pavement of three state roads milled last month by contractors for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. The wait is ending … sort of.
Work crews spent most of Friday night (Sept. 2) to pave North Sanatoga Road in Sanatoga PA between East High Street and North Pleasant View Road. They didn’t finish before the dawn, though; about 100 yards of North Sanatoga’s southbound lane from North Pleasant View did not get a two-inch topping of fresh asphalt, which gave new meaning to a nearby sign that proclaimed “uneven pavement.”
Bliem Road between North Pleasant View and North Charlotte Street received no paving attention Friday; and the state of Maugers Mill Road between North Charlotte and Farmington Avenue was unobserved but also assumed to remain unchanged. Crews did not work Saturday, Sunday or Monday (the Labor Day weekend, Sept. 3-5). Whether they will return Tuesday is unknown.
At least one township resident, however, hopes they’ll keep the racket down when they do.
“I could hear heavy machinery, trucks, and the beeping of backing-up vehicles all night,” a Noel Circle, Sanatoga, homeowner wrote The Post via e-mail on Saturday morning. “It was not conducive to a good night’s sleep on a holiday weekend!,” she added. “I thought it had to be some emergency sinkhole or something. I can’t believe they’re doing paving overnight! It must be real fun for those who live right there.”
The new pavement is already cracked in several places in the northbound lane in front of 342 N. Sanatoga Rd. Hopefully the contractor will fix these cracks. Are they planning on stripping the shoulders?
Pam, I don’t know. If I remember correctly, shoulder stripes were there before the road was milled. I would expect the stripes will be re-painted, but admittedly that’s only a guess. I’ll see what I can learn.
Disrupting some sleep as opposed to messing up traffic and people going to work and chores during the day is a fair trade.
All this rain will clean some of these roads and allow the repavement to go smoothly..