Oakland County Starts $84M Road Construction Season

OAKLAND COUNTY, MI — Roughly $84 million in road projects across Oakland County are set to begin throughout 2024, according to the Oakland County Road Commission.

The road projects road-reconstruction projects, major-resurfacing projects, roundabout construction, bridge-repair-and-replacement projects, culvert-repair-and-replacement projects, the continuation of a two-mile gravel-road-paving project and 46 miles of simple-resurfacing, according to road officials.

"Once again this year, we’re doing everything we can to spread our funding across as many roads as possible, with numerous safety, pavement-condition and bridge and culvert improvement projects," RCOC Managing Director Dennis Kolar said. "As always, during construction season, there will be some inconvenience for motorists as we improve the roads, but that short-term pain will result in long-term improvements to the road system."

A few examples of this year’s projects include:

• The reconstruction of Brown, Giddings and Silver Bell roads from Jamm Road to M-24 (surrounding the GM Orion plant) in Orion Township and Auburn Hills.
• The major resurfacing of Southfield Road from 11 Mile Road to 12 Mile Road in Lathrup Village.
• The major resurfacing of Walton Boulevard from Adams Road to Livernois in Rochester Hills.
• The replacement of the Pontiac Lake Road bridge over the Clinton River in Waterford Twp.
• The continuation of the gravel-road paving of Waldon Road from Clintonville Road to Baldwin Road in Independence and Orion townships.

The simple resurfacing projects, known as the Preservation Overlay Program, is expected to start the week of April 22. The first roads to be addressed are:

• Joslyn Road, Brown Road to Waldon Road, in Orion Township
• Seymour Lake Road, Sashabaw Road to Ortonville Road in Brandon Township

For more information on other RCOC construction projects, visit the Road Projects page of the RCOC website, www.rcocweb.org.