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Public Road Specifications & Requirements

Chip and Seal Resurfacing Policy

Local Road Repairs for Chip and Seal Resurfacing
Repairs consist of "spot patching" of holes and machine patching of settlement and distressed areas.

Repairs are 100% funded by the Road Commission with the following maximum
funding participation:

Double Chip & Seal:
Maximum Road Commission funding will be 50% of the estimated chip and seal cost. The chip and seal cost is generally $11,000 to $12,000 per mile. Based on a machine patching cost of $3200/ton and 50% of the chip and seal cost of $5,500 to $6,000, a maximum of 170 to 190 tons of machine patching will be funded by the Road Commission. If the Township desires additional material, it will be 100% funded by the Township. An authorization from the Township to place additional material will be required on or before the day the contractor is placing the machine patching. In 1996 Local Road repairs for double seals varied from $1,000 to $12,000 per mile.

Single Chip & Seal:
Maximum Road Commission funding will be 50% of the estimated chip and seal cost. The chip and seal cost is generally $6,000 to $7,000 per mile. Based on machine patching cost of $32.00/ton and 50% of the chip and seal cost of $3,000 to $3,500, a maximum of 100 to 110 tons of machine patching will be funded by the Road Commission. If the Township desires additional patching material, it will be 100% funded by the Township. An authorization from the Township to place additional material will be required on or before the day the contractor is placing machine patching. In 1996 local Road repairs for single seals varied from $1,100 to $3,900 per mile.

Consolidation:
If the Township chip and seal program involves more than one road location, repairs and chip seal can be combined so the repairs for the total township program is funded by the Road Commission to the extent they do not exceed 50% of the total estimated chip & seal cost for the entire Township Program.