BUTLER TWP - Dozens of residents from Woodbury Estates came to the township commissioners meeting Monday to vent their anger at the tar and chipping of their streets this summer.

Jeff Campbell of Haven Hill Drive presented the commissioners with a petition he said was signed by 130 residents of the 92 homes in the development protesting the condition of their streets.

"They dumped a massive amount of chips onto the roads," much more than was needed, Campbell said. "The chip that they used is a very sharp chip."

He said the chips were sprayed onto their lawns and in flower beds.

"There's nice cars in this neighborhood," he said. He said the chips stick in vehicle tires and when a driver gets on a faster road, the chips fly up and chip the paint off the car.

"Today I cut my grass," John Russo of Farmington Drive said. "I had stones flying everywhere."

"I'm very disappointed with what's going on," said Bill Kredel of Havenhill Road.

Joseph Hasychak, chairman of the commissioners, said he drove through the neighborhood after hearing the complaints.

"Stones were flying up under my car," he said.

The township this summer awarded a $126,932 contract to Russell Standard of Mars to double tar and chip all or part of 34 streets.

Also, all or part of 39 roads were paved by Youngblood Paving of Wampum. The first 33 were done under a $440,117 contract. Six more were added later for $51,728, also done by Youngblood.

Hasychak said after the township received complaints about the tar and chipping in Woodbury, those streets were swept, and they can be swept again if necessary to get the loose stone off the roads.

Road superintendent Fred Spohn said he inspects all of the township roads each spring to see what needs to be done. He said the streets in Woodbury had cracks. Without sealing them, the streets would be ruined.

He said the tar and chipping extends the life of the streets by up to six years. Only residents of Woodbury complained about the work, he said.

"Woodbury met the criteria of the tar and chip," Spohn said.

Campbell said, "It's a cheap way out instead of paving the road."

Hasychak said, "I'd love to pave every road in Butler Township, but that's not possible. We have 97 miles of roads."

Hasychak said Spohn would go back and check the streets to see what can be done to improve the situation.