ADAMS TWP — The township is paving the way for a streamlined process when it comes to developers adopting roads.

During a Township supervisors, Monday Oct. 9, Supervisor Russ Ford announced plans for a new ordinance that will give stricter deadlines for those looking to adopt a road.

“It seems like every developer wants us to adopt the road at the exact same time,” Ford said. “And it always seems to be in September. And guess why? Because they don’t want to do the winter maintenance. So the township is going to come up with a new ordinance.”

Adopting a road, according to township manager Gary Peaco, is a legal process where a developer builds the road in accordance to specifications set by the township. Once construction is complete and inspected by the township, it is turned over to the state Department of Transportation to be accepted.

“Everybody rushes this time of year because paving season is going to end,” Peaco said. “We had hardly any plans last year, and now we have five or six that are struggling.”

The push to get an adopted street processed before the end of the year creates stress for other areas of the township, such as the engineering department, Peaco said.

Township engineer Ron Olsen is “busy working on his third road, working on developments. It’s just one person that does all of that and it stretches him pretty thin and we have to avoid that type of problem this time of year.”

The township hopes to implement an adoption ordinance before May that will set specific cutoff dates for developers to abide by in the road adoption process. Failure to comply with the date could mean developers would be responsible for the winter maintenance fee, which Peaco estimates to be near $8,000 per month.

The annual Halloween parade is adding a pit stop this year.

On Oct. 28 from 2 to 5 p.m. trick-or-treaters participating in the Halloween parade will have a chance to take part in a “Trunk or Treat” which allows children to visit vehicles in a car-show-style setting as way to incorporate trick-or-treating into the parade.

“We got a lot of feedback during our car show,” park and recreational director Brian Perry said. “So we figure we would add it into the parade to see how it goes.”