Maintaining Joyce Road

Gale Bowen, Rome Township Road Supervisor, and Jason Petlock of the Bradford County Conservation District were inspecting sections of Joyce Road today. In the following photo they inspected a section of drainage ditch along Joyce Road for damage from the recent flooding. In the past, this section of ditch received severe erosion from heavy rains and caused flooding along Joyce Road. Last summer, Rome Township lined this section of drainage ditch with flat, angular rocks to control erosion. The rock lining has preformed very well in controlling erosion and stabilizing this section of Joyce Road.



This inspection also looked into the future impact of increased traffic on Joyce Road as a detour during repairs to Gillett's Bridge.