The Road Commission for Oakland County (RCOC) has kicked off its 2025 road-construction season that will include nearly $50 million worth of road-construction projects.
This year’s RCOC Road Improvement Program (RIP) includes major-resurfacing projects, bridge-repair and replacement projects, culvert-repair and replacement projects, and six-plus miles of simple-resurfacing.
“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,” stated RCOC Managing Director Dennis Kolar. “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,” Kolar added.
A few examples of this year’s projects include:
- The major resurfacing of 10 Mile Road from Telegraph Road to Lahser Road in Southfield.
- The major resurfacing of Greenfield Road from 12 Mile Road to 13 Mile Road in Southfield, Berkley and Royal Oak.
- The replacement of the 12 Mile Road bridge over the Novi-Lyon Drain in Lyon Twp.
- Preventative maintenance on the Walton Road bridge over the Clinton River in Waterford Twp.
- Preventative maintenance on the Parkdale Road bridge over the Stoney Creek in Rochester.
- Replacement of the Haggerty Road culvert over the Seeley Drain on the Novi/Farmington Hills border.
The simple resurfacing projects, known as the Preservation Overlay Program, include:
- Oakwood Road, Hadley Road to M-24, in Oxford and Brandon townships
- Oxford Road, Ray Road to Gardner Road, in Oxford Twp.
Preservation overlay projects typically involve minimal road surface milling (grinding off the surface of sections of bad pavement) and applying new asphalt. They are usually completed over about two weeks, and the paving work is weather-dependent. During the work, one lane of the road is closed with flaggers directing traffic.
For more information on other RCOC construction projects, visit the Road Projects page of the RCOC website, www.rcocweb.org.
Editor’s Note: A full list of all RCOC projects to be conducted this year is attached.
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2025 RCOC Road Improvement Program (RIP)
This list includes projects expected to be constructed in 2025. The costs listed are the anticipated contractor payment amounts and do not include additional costs such as design, right of way acquisition, construction inspection, etc.
Repair, Rehabilitate & Resurface (repair road base and add 3 to 4 inches of new asphalt)
- 10 Mile Road, Telegraph to Lahser in Southfield $ 2.6 million
- Greenfield Road, 12 Mile to 13 Mile in Southfield, Berkley and Royal Oak $ 2.8 million
- John R Road, Dartmouth to 14 Mile in Madison Heights $ 4.4 million
- Novi Road, 8 Mile to 9 Mile in Novi and Northville (add center left-turn lane for portion) $ 5.8 million
- Orchard Lake Road, Will-O-Way to Long Lake, West Bloomfield $ 3.1 million
- Orchard Lake Road, south of I-696 to 13 Mile, Farmington Hills $ 4.4 million
- 12 Mile Road, Autumn Ridge to Inkster, Farmington Hills $ 4 million
- 12 Mile Road, Northwestern Highway to Telegraph, Southfield $ 5.1 million
Bridge Preventative Maintenance
- Avon bridge over the Clinton River in Rochester Hills $ 750,000
- Livernois Road over the Clinton River in Rochester Hills (for all seven)
- Parkdale Road over the Stoney Creek in Rochester
- Novi Road over the CSX railroad in Novi
- Grand River Ave. over Kent Lake in Lyon Twp.
- Tienken Road over the Paint Creek in Rochester Hills
- Walton Road over the Clinton River in Waterford
Bridge Replacements
- 12 Mile Road over the Novi-Lyon Drain in Lyon Twp. $ 4.2 million
- Spaulding Road over the Novi-Lyon Drain in Lyon Twp. (for all three)
- Martindale Road over the Novi-Lyon Drain in Lyon Twp.
Culverts
- Commerce Road over Green Lake in West Bloomfield Twp. (replacement) $ 600,000
- Cooley Lake Road over Elizabeth Lake Canal in Waterford Twp. (replacement) $ 1.1 million
- Wise Road over the Huron River in Commerce Twp. (replacement) $ 1.9 million
- 10 Mile Road over the Rouge River in Farmington Hills (replacement) $ 1.9 million
- Rossdale Street over Cass Lake Canal in Waterford Twp. (culvert lining) $ 375,000
- Clearwater Street over Round Lake Canal in White Lake Twp. (culvert lining) $ 200,000
- Tamarack Road over the Stoney Creek in Oakland Twp. (replacement) $ 400,000
- Haggerty Road over the Seeley Drain on the Novi/Farmington Hills border (replacement) $ 975,000
- Shore Hill Dr. over Long Lake Canal in West Bloomfield Twp. (culvert lining) $ 600,000
- Shore Hill Dr. over Long Lake Canal in Bloomfield Twp. (culvert lining) (for both)
- Pontiac Trail over Norton Creek in Wixom (culvert replacement) $ 2.4 million
Simple resurfacing
- Oakwood Road, Hadley to M-24 in Oxford and Brandon townships $ 1.9 million
- Oxford Road, Ray to Gardner in Oxford Twp. (both projects)
- Clarkston Road at Camp Agawa in Orion Twp. (pavement settlement repair) $ 350,000
Total annual construction costs for projects to be constructed in 2025: $49,850,000
