CAMERA PROVIDES PUBLIC VIEW OF CONSTRUCTION OF THE AVON RD BRIDGE & DEQUINDRE/AVON RD ROUNDABOUT

The Road Commission for Oakland County (RCOC) has installed a work zone camera that is now providing a real-time view of the construction of a new bridge on Avon Road, just east of Dequindre Road, and the Avon Road/Dequindre Road roundabout construction w...

ROAD COMMISSION SEEKING UP TO 24 PART-TIME SEASONAL DRIVERS AND LABORERS TO AUGMENT FULL-TIME STAFF

The Road Commission for Oakland County (RCOC) is seeking to hire up to 24 part-time seasonal drivers and laborers to augment its full-time staff for the winter this year.

“Seasonal workers have been a very efficient and cost-effective way to prov...

PROJECTS THAT COULD DELAY TRAFFIC ON RCOC ROADS NOV. 19 & NOV. 24 OR MIGHT START SHORTLY THEREAFTER

The following projects may cause traffic delays on Road Commission for Oakland County (RCOC) roads between Nov. 19 and Nov. 24 or may start shortly thereafter. 

It is RCOC’s goal to conduct road improvement projects in a way that interfe...

RCOC PREPARING FOR SNOW BY REVIEWING WINTER OPERATIONS WITH STAFF, HIRING PART-TIME WORKERS

The Road Commission for Oakland County (RCOC) is in the process of reviewing its winter operations with its truck drivers and preparing its trucks and plows in anticipation of the inevitable arrival of winter weather. 

Again this year, RCOC is hir...

AVON AND DEQUINDRE ROADS WILL BOTH CLOSE AT AVON/DEQUINDRE INTERSECTION NOV. 1 FOR CONSTRUCTION

The Road Commission for Oakland County (RCOC) expects to close Avon Road from John R Road to 23 Mile Road and Dequindre Road from Hamlin Road to 23 Mile Road on the Rochester Hills and Shelby Township border starting Monday, Nov. 1, to replace the Avon Ro...

GLWA & RCOC ANNOUNCE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS IN AREA OF AVON RD BETWEEN DEQUINDRE & 23 MILE RD

The Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA) and the Road Commission for Oakland County (RCOC) today announced a series of coordinated infrastructure improvements that will be made over the next two years in the area of the Avon Road corridor between Dequindre ...

ADAMS ROAD PROJECT COMPLETION DELAYED UNTIL SPRING

The Road Commission for Oakland County (RCOC) has been informed by the contractor on its Adams Road resurfacing project, Square Lake Road to Long Lake Road on the Bloomfield Twp./Troy border, that the contractor will be unable to meet the contractual comp...

GLWA WILL AGAIN CLOSE 14 MILE RD., FROM DECKER/NOVI RD TO WALLED LAKE RD., OCT. 11 THROUGH LATE DEC.

The Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA) continues watermain replacement work that will require another closure of 14 Mile Road from Decker/Novi Road to Walled Lake Road on the border of Novi, Walled Lake and Commerce Twp. starting Oct. 11 and finishing in ...

ROAD COMMISSION BOARD ADOPTS $180 MILLION FY 2022 BUDGET

The Road Commission for Oakland County (RCOC) today unanimously approved the agency’s Fiscal Year 2022 budget.   

The budget was presented to the public at a public hearing on Aug. 19. The $180 million budget represents an incre...

PROPOSED FY 2022 ROAD COMMISSION BUDGET WILL BE PRESENTED AT AUG. 19 PUBLIC HEARING

The Road Commission for Oakland County (RCOC) will present its proposed Fiscal Year 2022 budget at a public hearing Thursday, Aug. 19, at 6:30 p.m. at the Oakland County Board of Commissioners Auditorium, 1200 N. Telegraph in Pontiac.

The public is invited...

RCOC BEVERLY HILLS AND WATERFORD (PVR) BUILDINGS TO OPEN TO PUBLIC AUG. 2

The Road Commission for Oakland County (RCOC) will reopen its Beverly Hills and Waterford Township (Paul Van Roekel Service Center) buildings to the public starting Monday, Aug. 2. This is the first time both buildings will be open to the public since Mar...

OAKLAND'S TRAFFIC-FATALITY RATE REMAINS WELL BELOW STATE, NATIONAL RATES

Beverly Hills, MI —  Once again in 2020, Oakland County saw a substantially lower traffic-fatality rate on its roads than either the state or national rates.

            The county, state and n...

ROAD COMMISSION TRAFFIC-SAFETY DIRECTOR NAMED 2020 ENGINEER OF THE YEAR

The County Road Association (CRA) of Michigan Engineering Committee, on Feb. 10, named Road Commission for Oakland County (RCOC) Traffic-Safety Department Director Danielle Deneau PE the 2020 CRA Urban Engineer of the Year. 

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NANCY QUARLES NAMED NEW OAKLAND COUNTY ROAD COMMISSIONER; ANDREA LALONDE NAMED RCOC CHAIR

Nancy Quarles, a familiar face among public servants in Oakland County, has been named the new member of the Road Commission for Oakland County (RCOC) Board.

            Quarles, a former state...

ROAD COMMISSION SEEKING INPUT ON PROPOSED 12 MILE IMPROVEMENT IN NOVI & WIXOM

The Road Commission for Oakland County (RCOC), in partnership with the cities of Novi and Wixom, is seeking public input as part of an extensive study of 12 Mile Road between Beck and Dixon roads in the two cities.

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ROAD COMMISSION SEEKING INPUT ON AVON/DEQUINDRE CORRIDOR PROJECT

The Road Commission for Oakland County (RCOC), in partnership with the Macomb County Department of Roads, the cities of Rochester and Rochester Hills and Shelby Township, is seeking public input on a proposed plan to improve the Avon Road/Dequindre Road c...

ROAD COMMISSION IMPLORES DRIVERS TO SLOW DOWN, PAY ATTENTION IN WORK ZONES

In the wake of two road workers being struck by motorists this week, Officials with the Road Commission for Oakland County (RCOC) are imploring motorists to slow down and pay attention while driving in road work zones. 

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RCOC RECEIVES SIX FEDERAL SAFETY GRANTS

The Road Commission for Oakland County (RCOC) in late December was notified that it will receive six federal “safety” road-funding grants, totaling more than $1.4 million, that will enable six road-improvement projects in 2021.

The fede...

RCOC TO HOST PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING NOV. 12 FOR BARRON ROAD PAVING PROJECT IN GROVELAND TWP

The Road Commission for Oakland County (RCOC) will host a public information meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 12, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. on the planned 2020/2021 paving of Barron Road from Grange Hall Road to Groveland Road in Groveland Township.

The meeting will b...

CRANBROOK RESURFACING FROM 14 MILE TO MAPLE ROAD IS POSTPONED UNTIL 2021 DUE TO CONFLICTING PROJECTS

      The Road Commission for Oakland County (RCOC), the City of Birmingham and Bloomfield Township have jointly agreed to postpone the resurfacing of Cranbrook Road from 14 Mile Road to Maple Road until 2021.  

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