Onondaga County starts paving projects in four towns through July 2

County crews began paving in Marcellus, Skaneateles, Onondaga and Van Buren on June 30, with three projects scheduled to run through July 2. One of the jobs covered Masters Road from Rickard Road to Bishop Hill Road, putting a familiar Marcellus-Skaneateles connector in the middle of the county’s summer roadwork window.

That short schedule meant the work landed right as July travel was building, when even a brief lane shift or slower local trip can ripple through errands, school runs, deliveries and commuter traffic. The county’s update spread the paving across four towns instead of one corridor, which made the impact broader for drivers moving through the western and southern parts of Onondaga County.

Onondaga County says its transportation department is responsible for 800 miles of county roads and aims to provide a safe, convenient and efficient network of highways and bridges. The department divides roads into high-volume and low-volume categories, and its hot mix paving program is reserved for high-traffic county highways because the county says periodic repaving is cost effective and extends pavement life while protecting the county’s investment.

The county’s 2025 highway work plan put $25.23 million behind capital road projects, including $2.38 million in county capital work and $20.67 million in federal-aid projects. Onondaga County says it has used pavement preservation techniques since 2007, and its engineering section handles highway work and access permits, planning board review, highway and drainage design, bridge design, construction engineering and survey work. The same department also handles paving and repair, snow removal, street sweeping and signage, underscoring how a few days of resurfacing fit into a much larger maintenance system.