Pottstown Council to seek bids for 2025 paving plan; $100,000 sidewalk grant announced

Pottstown borough staff asked council on April 9 to endorse a package of road projects and authorize putting the work out to bid, saying the 2025 program will repave about 6.69 miles of streets using a mix of state and utility funding.

The presentation to the Committee of the Whole said the borough expects roughly $800,000 from the state liquid fuels fund this year and noted PECO will repave about 2.48 miles of streets after utility work, while the borough would repave about 4.21 miles. Public works director Doug Yerger described the department’s 1–5 condition rating for roads and said 22 miles currently carry the worst rating (a 5). “We rate the roads on the 1 to 5 basis,” Yerger said, explaining the scale from a newly paved road (1) to surfaces with potholes and recurring patches (5).

The manager and public works staff told council they coordinate paving with PennDOT projects, PECO schedules and neighboring municipalities to avoid digging up newly…