Downtown Royal Oak Road Work to Start: What You Need to Know

ROYAL OAK, MI – Motorists and others should be prepared to be inconvenienced as work begins on a $900,000 project that, when finished, will make is easier to get around downtown Royal Oak on their bicycles, in their vehicles and on their own two feet.

Construction begins in early June and will continue through early November on the project on South Main Street from West 10 Mile Road to Lincoln Avenue, the city said in a news release.

The contractor is Warren Contractors and Development Inc., of Shelby Township, is the general contractor, and Fishbeck, Thompson, Carr & Huber Inc., of Farmington Hills, is the project manager.

What to Expect

• Construction operations will be staged and will limit vehicular travel to one northbound and one southbound lane.
• Temporary bike lanes will be removed prior to construction.
• Access to businesses will be maintained during construction, and business delivery operations to adjacent streets will be coordinated with the city, the contractor, and the business manager and owner.
• Work should finish by November, but will be suspended on Sundays, holidays and downtown festivals.
• On-street parking will be restricted at certain locations because of the staging operations to allow northbound and southbound traffic during construction.
• There will be no change in the trash pickup dates and the trash will be taken care of as usual during the construction operations. If necessary, the trash may need to be moved by the contractor to the nearest intersection for pickup. Please have address markings on all trash and recycling containers so they can be returned to the proper house. The city will work with individuals adjacent to S. Main Street properties for trash and delivery access.

Scope of Work

• Milling, patching, and resurfacing of S. Main Street.
• Minor road widening for landscaped median, southbound dual right-turn lanes at W. 10 Mile Road, and more on-street parking north of Kenilworth Avenue.
• Striping S. Main Street into a five lane roadway section with a center left turn lane north of Tiffany Avenue for improved business/residence access and sharrow symbols for designated bike use lanes.
• Replacement of traffic signal at E. Harrison Avenue and pedestrian countdown signals at Kenilworth Avenue.
• Decorative landscape and green infrastructure (bio-retention cells) at select intersections.
• Completing decorative streetscape at incomplete blocks with wider sidewalk, stamped colored concrete, trees, and ornamental street lighting.

More Resources

• Click here for schedule.
• Existing conditions & General Roadway/Streetscape Plans
• Improvements/Cross Section

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