As used in this article, the term "street" includes
one or more streets, public thoroughfares, roads, highways, lanes
and alleys or any part thereof.
Topsoil shall be stripped from the proposed
subgrade to a depth of six to eight inches. The subgrade, when completed,
shall be true to the lines, grades and cross sections given on the
plan. After this subgrade has been shaped correctly, it shall be brought
to a firm, unyielding surface. All soft and spongy places shall be
excavated and refilled solidly, as directed by the Township Council.
All stumps shall be removed in their entirety.
Embankments or fills shall be formed of suitable
material to thoroughly settle before constructing pavement upon it
and must be approved by the Township Council.
Curbs, when specifically required, shall be
constructed of concrete not less than eight inches wide at its bottom
and not less than six inches wide at its top. Its height shall not
be less than 18 inches, constructed to show a vertical face next to
street pavement six inches high. Curbs shall be constructed of Class
B concrete as specified in the current New Jersey Highway Department
Specifications. Curbs shall not be less than 20 feet from the center line
of sixty-foot roads, paved 30 feet; not less than 15 feet from the
center line of fifty-foot roads, paved 30 feet; 15 feet from the center
line of forty-foot roads, paved 20 feet.
There shall be spread over the subgrade a uniform
layer of bank-run gravel of such depth that after ultimate compression
by rolling with a power roller it shall have a uniform depth of four
inches or more. Then there shall be spread another uniform layer of
bank-run gravel of such depth that after ultimate compression by rolling
with a power roller it shall have a uniform depth of four inches or
more, making a total depth of eight inches or more.
After 15 days and not more than 30 days, there
shall be applied another application of bitumen consisting of RC-3
at the rate of 1/3 gallon per square yard of surface coated. Immediately
after it has been applied, the surface shall be covered with a layer
of three-eighths-inch pea gravel or crushed or chipped stone at the
rate of 20 pounds per yard of surface coated and the rolling continued
until the road surface has the proper density. If the bitumen is forced
or drawn to the surface, additional gravel, crushed or chipped stone
or screenings Grade A must be applied at all such places in sufficient
quantity to keep the entire road surface covered.
The work shall be inspected throughout the course
of construction by the Township Council.
In all cases where a public water supply system
will be installed, the pipes of such system shall be at least four
feet below the surface of the ground.
Shoulders shall have a width of not less than
six feet and shall have a pitch of one inch to each foot of width.
All driveway entrances constructed upon the
public roads shall be constructed under the direction of the Township
Council. These entrances shall be constructed in a manner that will
not interfere with the drainage ditches along the public road.