{"id":358100,"date":"2026-06-12T17:23:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T17:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/358100\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T17:23:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T17:23:08","slug":"whmi-93-5-local-news-road-commission-for-oakland-county-begins-new-wixom-rd-sleeth-duck-lake-roundabout-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/358100\/","title":{"rendered":"WHMI 93.5 Local News : Road Commission for Oakland County Begins New Wixom Rd\/Sleeth\/Duck Lake Roundabout Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            June 12, 2026        <\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;margin-bottom:0.75em\" alt=\"Road Commission for Oakland County Begins New Wixom Rd\/Sleeth\/Duck Lake Roundabout Project\" rel=\"img_src\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/a.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;margin-bottom:0.75em\" alt=\"Road Commission for Oakland County Begins New Wixom Rd\/Sleeth\/Duck Lake Roundabout Project\" rel=\"img_src\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781284988_477_a.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"articlebody\">\n            Nik Rajkovic \/ news@whmi.com<\/p>\n<p>The Road Commission for Oakland County has closed the Wixom Road\/Wixom Trail\/Sleeth Road\/Duck Lake Road intersection on the border of Commerce Township and Milford Township for the construction of its 45th roundabout.<\/p>\n<p>The intersection will remain closed until late summer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you&#8217;re familiar with this intersection, it has always been confusing and not an ideal intersection. We&#8217;ve long wanted something to do with it.  We&#8217;re finally able to reconfigure that intersection, take out the two signalized parts of the intersection, and convert the whole thing into a single roundabout that will work much more effectively, work much more efficiently and be much safer,&#8221; RCOC spokesman Craig Bryson told WHMI News.<\/p>\n<p>Bryson maintains that roundabouts remain a key way for RCOC to reduce traffic fatalities on its roads. RCOC has the largest concentration of roundabouts of any county in Michigan.<\/p>\n<p>The approximately $2.2 million project will be funded by RCOC.<\/p>\n<p>The detour route for the intersection during construction will be Glengary Road to Benstein Road to Sleeth Road to North Commerce Road to East Commerce Road and vice versa.<\/p>\n<p>The work includes:<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\tConversion of the existing two signalized intersections into a single, modern roundabout.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\tReconstruction of approximately 0.4 miles of road with asphalt paving and new curbs and gutters.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\tInstallation of Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)-compliant pedestrian crosswalk on the east leg of the roundabout.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\tImprovements to storm sewers and drainage.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\tInstallation of intersection lighting.<\/p>\n<p>The contractor for the project is Angelo Iafrate Construction of Warren.  This intersection carries approximately 12,000 vehicles daily.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the project, visit the \u201cWixom Trail\/Duck Lake Road\/Sleeth Road Roundabout page linked below.<\/p>\n<p>For questions about the project, contact RCOC through any of the following methods:<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\tOnline at www.rcocweb.org<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\tVia telephone at 877-858-4804 (Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.)<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\tVia e-mail at dcsmail@rcoc.org        <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"June 12, 2026 Nik Rajkovic \/ news@whmi.com The Road Commission for Oakland County has closed the Wixom Road\/Wixom&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":358101,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143,145,144,3844],"class_list":["post-358100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news","tag-whmi-radio-93-5-livingston-michigan-news-weather-traffic-sports-classic-rock-howell-brighton-fenton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=358100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358100\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/358101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=358100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=358100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}