Fulling Mill Road Bumps a Safety Hazard?

VILLAS — It has a high speed limit and lots of twists and turns and some nasty bumps as a result of the county patching the road.
Lower Township residents are not happy with the condition of Fulling Mill Road.
At a June 1 Lower Township Council meeting, Mayor Michael Beck said the condition of the road was unconscionable.
“I’m not even sure it’s a safe road any more,” said Beck.
He said the township reached out to the county to have Fulling Mill Road paved but the answer as “no.”
Beck asked Lower Township police to look at the road and determine if it is a safety hazard.
Township Manager Kathy McPherson told the Herald the patches to the road need to be smoothed out although the township would prefer the Fulling Mill Road to be repaved.
In March, County Administrator Steve O’Connor told the township reconstruction of the road was in the design phase. McPherson said was waiting for a reply from County Engineer Dale Foster.
The long strips of asphalt patches may be compared to putting too much peanut butter on a piece of bread and not smoothing it out. Driving on some of the patches makes a vehicle pull to the left, then right.
Councilman Tom Conrad said an area of the road that had an “edge” on it was the scene of some recent accidents.
Years ago, Fulling Mill road had no paved shoulders, said resident Jack Sparks, a former mayor of the township.
“There were a lot of people killed on that road and I mean a lot,” he said.
Sparks said at that time, the county did not have enough money to fix the road and he threatened to get a dozen people to lie down and barricade Fulling Mill Road on the Fourth of July.
He said the county installed a shoulder on the road within a week.