The Road Commission for Oakland County (RCOC), in partnership with Independence and Orion townships, has closed Waldon Road, Clintonville Road to Montclair Drive (just east of the Independence/Orion township border), for continued gravel-road paving and safety improvements that will conclude in the fall of 2024.
Residential and business access will be maintained throughout the project. However, starting Monday, March 11, the contractor, Dan’s Excavating, will remove and replace a culvert just east of Clintonville Road. Because the road will completely close at the culvert, access to homes and businesses east of the culvert will only be available from the east. The culvert work is expected to be completed by approximately Monday, March 18, with the remaining gravel-road-paving construction continuing.
The detour for through traffic throughout the project is Waldon Road to Baldwin Road to Maybee Road to Clintonville Road, back to Waldon Road and vice versa.
The first construction phase of the Waldon Road project, from Baldwin Road to Montclair Drive in Orion Twp., was completed in fall of 2023. That work included gravel-road paving, replacement of the Sashabaw Creek culvert and construction of an eight-foot-wide shared-use pathway adjacent to the road from Montclair Drive to Baldwin Road.
The approximately $15 million project is paid for through federal road funding and by RCOC, Independence Township, Orion Township and Oakland County general government (through the Tri-Party Program).
Remaining construction and safety upgrades include:
- Paving the unpaved section of Waldon Road, Montclair Drive to Clintonville Road, with asphalt, including paved shoulders.
- Construction of a roundabout at the intersection of Waldon and Clintonville roads (construction to start approximately July 1).
- Realigning the curves along Waldon Road on the Independence Township/Orion Township border to improve safety.
- Replacing two large culverts under the road.
- Realignment of a small stream under the road
When the Waldon Road/Clintonville Road intersection closes on approximately July 1 for roundabout construction, the detour for Waldon traffic will be Waldon Road to Baldwin Road to Maybee Road to Sashabaw Road to Clarkston Road, back to Clintonville Road and vice versa.
The road and roundabout will open in the fall.
For more information on the project, visit the Waldon Road page in the “Road Projects” section of the RCOC website, www.rcocweb.org (direct link: http://rcocweb.org/625/Waldon-Road-Baldwin-to-Clintonville-Road).
For questions on the project, contact RCOC through any of the following methods:
