Lawlins Road is nearly done, a new resurfacing contract kicks off after Labor Day, and Crescent Avenue's construction has been pushed to next spring — with much of it, officials say, paid for by county, state, and shared-service partners rather than local property taxes alone.

Wyckoff drivers have spent the spring and early summer navigating cones and detours, and the township's road program is now moving from planning into contracts.

The most visible early work was the repaving of Wyckoff Avenue and Godwin Avenue, a Bergen County project covering both roadways. [1] The county's contractor began concrete curb work in early April, with paving to follow once the ramps were complete. [2][3] The township handled the adjacent ADA curb-ramp work itself. By the May 19 meeting, Franklin Avenue paving was finished and Godwin Avenue paving was expected to be complete the next day. [4][5]

On Lawlins Road, utility poles were relocated ahead of reconstruction — work Township Administrator Matt Cavallo called overdue — while the township's engineer, Boswell, surveyed and prepared the roadway. [6] The project is funded through the New Jersey Department of Transportation's Local Aid program. [6] New sidewalks and curbing have since gone in, and as of the July 21 meeting, officials said the road itself was expected to be paved "in the next two weeks," weather permitting — which would put completion around early August. [7]

Crescent Avenue's construction date, previously discussed as this summer, has moved. [17] The township secured Local Aid funding for Section 1 last year and, in June, began preparing an application for Section 2 — what officials described as a project potentially stretching to four sections over four years, given the road's length. [8] The application was formally ratified at the July 21 meeting. [9] But the construction timeline slipped: officials say only that, assuming Section 2 is awarded, building Sections 1 and 2 together is planned for "the spring" — spring of 2027, given the July meeting date — rather than this summer as the project's earlier framing had suggested, while the township continues applying for Sections 3 and, possibly, 4. [9]

The township's 2026 road resurfacing program, covering roads across town rather than a single street, was awarded July 21 to D&L Paving Contractors. [10] The contract bundles three separate jobs into one paving season: township roads, the streets Ridgewood Water dug up and is obligated to restore curb-to-curb, and a third job the township didn't have to pay for at all. The Windham North condominium association struck a shared-service agreement to piggyback its own private roadway onto the township's contract, covering that portion's cost itself. [10][11] Officials put the public-side numbers at roughly $385,000 in Ridgewood Water-funded roadway improvements and $535,000 in township road improvements, on top of Windham North's separately funded portion. [12][13] A separate ADA ramp contract, awarded the same night to DS Meyer, is required to be finished by the end of summer so paving crews can move in right after Labor Day and be done before leaf season. [14]

One more example of the same pattern: at the Russell Avenue interchange, a committee member said the state has agreed to handle paving and new sidewalks, credited to assistance from a state contact — another piece of this summer's road work, separate from the township's own contracted program, that isn't costing the township anything. [15]

The one item paid for with local money is bond ordinance 2084, adopted earlier this year, which appropriated $925,000 covering the annual road program along with a new DPW truck and plow. [16]

For residents, the upshot: a few more weeks of Lawlins Road construction, a new resurfacing contract about to mobilize for a post-Labor-Day paving push, and a longer runway than expected before Crescent Avenue sees construction — with much of the bill, again, being picked up by county, state, and shared-service partners rather than the township's general tax levy alone.