The Sussex County Department of Engineering and Planning told the county commissioners on Sept. 10 that the Sussex County Local Safety Action Plan has been finalized and is included in the day’s agenda for adoption.
The plan, the department said, is designed to help the county prioritize safety improvements along county roads with the stated goal of reducing fatal and serious-injury crashes. Once adopted, staff said the plan will inform capital-project prioritization and will be reviewed periodically by a local implementation committee.
The department also announced that the 2025 resurfacing program has been advertised and bids were due Sept. 16. The program, staff said, will replace the asphalt wearing surface along approximately 23 miles of county routes, including portions of CR 521, 517, 653, 616 and 609 in Andover, Frankford, Green, Hampton, Hopatcong, Newton, Montague and Sparta townships. Work is expected to be conducted mainly under single-lane closures with traffic maintained by flaggers; a winter shutdown was expected with construction resuming in 2026.
“Most work will be conducted under a single lane closure. Traffic will be maintained through the work zone using flagger controlled alternate traffic,” the department said in its summary to the board. The department posted contact information for project updates and offered to meet with commissioners and residents to answer questions.
The board did not vote at the Sept. 10 meeting on individual safety improvement projects; adoption of the Local Safety Action Plan was included on the agenda for consideration and will be used to inform future capital allocations.