BUTLER TWP — Township commissioners awarded contracts Monday to resurface 10 streets and pave an access road into Preston Park.

Wiest Asphalt and Paving submitted the lowest bids for both projects and was awarded both contracts.

Wiests's bid for the road paving contract was $284,847. A second bid of $310,784 was received from Shields Asphalt Paving.

Roads being paved include Alhambra Drive, Eckstein Road, Marshall Drive, Carlynn Drive, Randy Drive, Windsor Drive, Hopewell Avenue, Fortieth Street, Art-Lin Drive and Artlee Avenue. The total project involves 3,064 tons of asphalt laid 1.5 inches thick.

Work will begin in about two weeks and must be completed by Aug. 28, according to Tom Knights, township manager.

Wiest's bid for the Preston Park project was $86,535. Two other bids were $90,755 from Shields and $101,344 from Holbein Inc.

The project includes repaving the existing road and paving a new section road to form a loop through the park with parking spaces.

The iron gates along South Eberhart Road will become the park entrance where the new road will be paved. It will connect to the existing road, which will serve as the exit. Adding 67 parking spaces is part of the project, which must be completed by Sept. 30.

Commissioners voted 4-0 in favor of awarding both contracts. Commissioner Joseph Wiest, the son of the owner of Wiest Asphalt and Paving, was absent from the meeting.

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Knights said the glass bottle and jar recycling drop-off program that started June 27 has been a success.

The 2.25-cubic yard hooper at the rear of the township administration building where residents can bring their glass had to be emptied five times that day — once June 29, once June 30, once Friday and again Monday morning, he said.

The hopper is emptied into a larger bin provided by Dlubak Glass, which collects the glass and recycles it for a bottling company.

“It's been a success,” Knights said.

Residents who dropped off glass were pleased the township is providing the service, said Dave Zarnick, president of the commissioners.

Glass is not collected through regular trash and recycling collection in the township.