JACKSON TWP — Several township roads are scheduled to be worked on throughout the spring and summer months.

Township supervisors Monday morning unanimously awarded contracts to pave the roads, which include most of Gudekunst, Lutz, High Acres and Zehner School roads.

Work will be done by Lawrence County-based Youngblood Paving.

Work by township employees has already started in advance of the contracted work. The goal is to have all the roads paved before the start of the 2017-18 school year.

The cost to pave and repair all the roads for 2017 is about $200,800, which township manager Chris Rearick said was lower than expected.

“It was an unexpectedly good price,” Rearick said. “If we add the number up in terms of the budget, we’re about $37,000 under budget.”

Rearick suggested using the saved money to put another layer of paving on Zehner School Road, a cost of about $35,000 that would go from the Beaver County line to Lutz and Gudekunst roads.

“We’ve had complaints from residents as you make that turn between Lutz and Gudekunst,” Rearick said. “People have had some difficulty with gravel on the road. We can be confident of being right on budget.”

Other potential projects discussed Monday morning included drainage work on Fanker Road and maintenance of Porter’s Cove.

Supervisors also discussed erosion of low-volume roads — tarred-and-chipped or paved roads that experience 500 or less trips per day.

The township was awarded $80,000 in grant money by the Butler County Conservation District to pave Little Ridge Road, which leads into Route 528. However, the township may be allocated more money since it is putting a catch basin system in the road.

Rearick said the water drainage on Little Ridge Road is carrying sediment away, affecting properties.

The bid for the project came in at about $32,000, lower than projected. More monies from the grant will be used for other expenses, including staff hours, equipment and piping for the catch basins.

Work on that project may start in the next month, Rearick said.