The Lower Towamensing Township supervisors announced and voted on the bids for the road projectsTuesday night.

For the chip and seal work, two companies put in bids, and the lowest bid came from Asphalt Maintenance Solutions LLC in Emmaus. Their total bid was $66,627.48. Shiffer Bituminous Service Co. in Kresgeville bid $75,080.22.The project involves applying a single bituminous seal coat with a mixture of a polymer and stone. The roadways that will be affected include:• Walnut Drive (from Hahns Dairy Road to the township line), about a 2-mile section;• Hickory Road (from Walnut Drive to the township line), about a quarter-mile section;• Fiftyseven Road (from Little Gap Road to the township line), a little more than a mile section, and;• Wintergreen Road (starting a little north of Hahns Dairy Road), the section will stretch about a quarter mile.The second set of road projects involves making subbase repairs and applying an asphalt overlay. Sections of broken pavement will need to be cut away and removed. The roads involved include:• Hemlock Street (from Spring Road to Dairy Road), less than a mile section;• Hemlock Street (from Dairy Road to the township line), about a half-mile section;• Locust Drive (from Fiftyseven Road to the township line), about a quarter-mile section, and;• Hill Road (from Hickory Lane to the township line), about a quarter-mile section.Various locations on Walnut Drive between Hahns Dairy Road and Drift Road will need subbase repairs in spots, but will not need the more extensive work of an asphalt overlay stretching across the width of the roadway.The township received three bids. The lowest bid for work to all five roads came from Livengood Excavators Inc. in Walnutport. That bid was $292,282.54. Bruce George Paving and Excavating Inc. in Kunkletown bid $322,678.05, and Hanson Aggregates PA LLC in Allentown bid $450,282."They came in lower than we were estimating. We're seeing a savings," said Supervisor Brent Green. "I'm surprised we only got three contracts."Ronald Walbert, chairman of the supervisors, said, "Yes, there must be a lot of work out there."The supervisors also voted on whether to purchase a single-axle dump truck to help with plowing snow and other work.Supervisor Jesse Mendez said he and road foreman Charles Shupp took a look at the truck and think it would be a good purchase.The 1997 truck has 40,000 miles on it, but has several upgraded features including a new aluminum body and is fully equipped. Shupp said the tires should last a couple years and it comes with a plow and spreader. The cost is $24,000."I would keep this one as a spare," Green said. "This could get us through two years."In that time period, the township could save up enough money to purchase a newer truck in three years."We would be able to buy a truck in three years without financing, if we take this one," Green said.Walbert asked if the price was the minimum, maximum and if the truck was going back out for bid.Green said the cost is the minimum. Old Lycoming Township, which owns the truck, planned to put it back out to bid, but decided to wait until Lower Towamensing Township voted on the purchase."They are holding it for us," Green said. "Our pickup truck isn't meant to be used for plowing snow.""It's counterproductive to get another truck and not work on the other trucks," Walbert said. He said this truck should be put into use to relieve other trucks as they go in to be repaired.The supervisors voted unanimously to purchase the truck.