State: $10M for Local Highway Repairs

A $10 million road resurfacing and repairs project will start this week on major highways in Morris, Sussex and Passaic counties, the state Department of Transportation said Tuesday.

At least one travel lane will be open during peak travel hours on each of the highways during the project, which will handled by Tilcon Inc. and will start on Route 15 in Dover.

The project is aimed at improving safety and expanding the life of pavement at each location, including in turn lanes, shoulders and median openings, the state said.

Access to all businesses will be maintained, the state said.

The repairs will take place in the following order:

• Route 15 in both directions from north of Route 46 at milepost .5 to north of Dewey Avenue  at milepost 1.93 in Dover, Rockaway and Wharton.
• Route 206 in both directions from north of Interstate 80 at milepost 97.32 to Acron Street at milepost 98.34 in Mount Olive, Stanhope and Byram.
• Route 46 in both directions from Route 10 at milepost 33.32 to the vicinity of the Black River at milepost 34.17 in Roxbury.
• Route 181 in both directions from north of Prospect Point Road at milepost 1.52 to Main Street/CR 613 at milepost 5.42 and from Sparta Road/CR 517 at milepost 5.81 to the end of Route 15 in Sparta.
• Route 23 southbound from mileposts 19.8 to milepost 17.13 in West Milford.
• Route 23 in both directions from CR 515 at milepost 31.6 to near Rutherford Avenue at milepost 35.2 in Franklin and Hamburg.