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Byram allocates $1.041M for 2024 road resurfacing; residents urged to connect to gas before paving
Summary
Township Manager Joseph Sabatini said the 2024 capital budget includes $1,041,000 for street resurfacing on several roads in the Elizabethtown Gas territory, with Birch Parkway likely deferred to 2025 due to a county drainage easement; the township will request a five-year moratorium under Chapter 213 and notify residents so they can connect to natural gas before repaving.
Township Manager Joseph Sabatini told the Byram Township Council on March 19 that the 2024 capital budget includes $1,041,000 designated for resurfacing streets and roads, including mill-and-pave projects and NJDOT-coordinated work.
Sabatini listed several specific projects and streets targeted for 2024 funding: 2023 NJDOT project Stonehedge Lane; 2024 NJDOT project Manor; and municipal projects including Mayfair Lane, Bridge Lane, Sandra Lane, Catalina Drive, Camelot Drive and Birch Parkway. He said all the listed streets are within the Elizabethtown Gas service territory and that the township will coordinate final notifications to utility companies.
Sabatini noted Birch Parkway will most likely not be completed in 2024 because a county drainage project is delayed by a private easement issue involving about 132 feet of drainage work; township funding allocated for Birch Parkway in 2024 will be reserved for 2025 to allow coordinated paving with Sparta.
To reduce repeated trenching after paving, Sabatini said the township will request a five-year moratorium under Chapter 213 and will send a final notification via Nixle and Facebook advising residents this is their last opportunity to connect to natural gas before repaving. He told the council that multiple prior communications, including letters to individual residents, have been sent urging connections to natural gas.
Councilman Roseff urged the council to give more attention to roads, saying there are streets worse off than some on the current list. Sabatini estimated that the paving work is anticipated to be completed in May.
Why it matters: the capital resurfacing program and the moratorium notice directly affect residents who may need to act to connect to gas lines before paving begins, and the Birch Parkway delay shifts local timing and funding into 2025.
