A 5-year paving plan is a strategic, multi-year schedule for road maintenance and reconstruction, typically developed by municipalities or transportation departments, focusing on pavement preservation, prioritizing roads data (like Pavement Condition Index), securing funding, and often integrating other infrastructure with annual reviews to adjust for budget changes or unexpected deterioration. These plans improve safety, quality of life and manage costs proactively.

In the ongoing mission to improve roads across the Town of Westville, the Highway Superintendent has developed a new five-year plan of pavement resurfacing projects, outlining approximately 75.16 lane miles of roadway that are expected to be improved between the 2026 and 2031 paving seasons.

The Highway Department maintains approx.. 75.16 lane miles of roads, which are critical infrastructure that people rely on every day to conduct their business, connect with surrounding communities and travel to and from work.  Funding for the highway department Paving Program comes from two primary sources: The Town’s General Fund and Consolidated Local Street and Highway Improvement Program (CHIPS).  Additionally, the highway superintendent continually seeks grant funding to bolster the budet.

Each paving season of the five-year plan addresses a separate selection of roads chosen from across all areas of the Town of Westville, targeting an approximate total of 1 to 2 miles of roadway.  The highway department plans to implement a balance of roadway treatment types for the strategic selection of roads to maximize positive impact across all areas of the town.

To maintain and improve the town road network. The highway department utilizes a strategy of pavement maintenance, pavement preservation, pavement rehabilitation, and road reconstruction.  Each of the approaches becomes successively more costly and projects become more disruptive as a road’s condition deteriorates.  Another element of the strategy is interim pavement condition improvements, which typically combine various maintenance treatments to improve the function of the roads and can extend the useful life of a road.

The Town of Westville road network is one of the town’s largest assets.  Over the years, the highway department has continually been able to increase or maintain current funding from CHIPS.  However, moving forward, more investment will be required to stay ahead of expected rate of road deterioration.​