Township staff recommends awarding 2026 road program to Moore Brothers

Bethel Township’s board voted July 14 to award the 2026 road-rehabilitation contract to Moore Brothers, accepting the company’s low base bid of $178,784 and approving an option that allows individual homeowners to pay $1,200 each to have deteriorated curb depressions repaired as part of the project.

Township staff described a competitive bidding process that generated two qualified bids and recommended Moore Brothers after reference checks and a review of past work. The roads included in the program were listed by staff to include Mayfield Lane, Lawhead Lane (from Bethel Road to Grand to Phillip Lane) and Spring Meadow Lane (from Goodley Road to Garden Drive). Staff noted some driveway-interface depressions were poor enough that, if left unrepaired, they would undermine new paving; the town offered a voluntary program allowing homeowners to contract through the township for curb-depression repairs at $1,200 per property.

The board approved the contract on a motion from a supervisor; the clerk announced the motion carried. Staff said Moore Brothers had references from municipal engineers and neighboring jurisdictions and that some retiring paving crew members were now working with the bidder, which informed the recommendation.

The contract award begins the pre-construction phase and will allow the township to schedule paving and optional curb repairs; staff said individual homeowners who choose the $1,200 curb-repair option will be billed through the township process rather than the township paying the costs on their behalf.

The next procedural step is entering a formal contract and scheduling work dates; board members said they will provide residents with details about how to opt into the curb-repair option and the timeline for construction.