{"id":15494,"date":"2019-10-23T02:14:20","date_gmt":"2019-10-23T06:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/?p=15494"},"modified":"2019-10-23T02:14:20","modified_gmt":"2019-10-23T06:14:20","slug":"major-herbertsville-paving-project-will-repair-numerous-streets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2019\/10\/major-herbertsville-paving-project-will-repair-numerous-streets\/","title":{"rendered":"Major Herbertsville Paving Project Will Repair Numerous Streets"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A half-paved street in Brick’s Herbertsville section, Oct. 2019. (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n

Brick Township council members on Tuesday night awarded a contract to a firm that will resurface a number of roads in the Herbertsville section of town \u2013 mainly streets that were half-paved and patched following work by New Jersey Natural Gas.<\/p>\n

The $513,707 contract, awarded to Meco Inc. of Clarksburg, covers the repaving of streets where gas mains had been replaced by NJNG only patched holes or repaired the half of the street where the lines were located. Brick’s construction code currently requires utility companies to completely repave municipal roads if they are dug up at all, but NJNG’s permit for the Herbertsville project predated the passage of the ordinance. Mayor John Ducey said the township attempted to partner with the gas company since paving crews were already in place for the half-street projects, but state law prevents towns and utilities from entering into partnerships.<\/p>\n

The north-south streets where the work will take place will be milled and resurfaced between Herbertsville Road and Riviera Drive, which runs along the Manasquan River. The other streets will be fully repaved. The streets include:<\/strong><\/p>\n