Construction Alert: Ten Mile in Novi from Meadowbrook to Haggerty to Close for Culvert Replacement

(RCOC, Jan. 2, 2022)

Novi, MI – The Road Commission for Oakland County (RCOC), in partnership with the City of Novi, expects to close Ten Mile Road, from Meadowbrook Road to Haggerty Road in the city, to replace two culverts under the road from Tuesday, Jan. 3 until approximately April 17.

The work is part of the Ten Mile Road, Meadowbrook Road to Haggerty Road, rehabilitation project that will continue in the spring of 2023.           

The culverts under Ten Mile Road will be replaced one at a time. The contractor is expected to start work on the culvert that carries Bishop Creek (just west of Bethany Way) on Jan. 3. The removal and replacement of the Ingersol Creek culvert, just west of Nilan Drive, will start after work on the Bishop Creek culvert is completed.

During the closure, access to homes will be maintained east and west of the culvert work. The detour for through traffic during the closure is Novi Road to Grand River Avenue to Haggerty Road, back to Ten Mile Road and vice versa.

            Once the culvert work is completed on approximately April 17, road construction, including the closure of westbound Ten Mile Road, will continue through the fall of 2023.

            The approximately $6.9 million 10 Mile project is funded mostly with federal dollars. The remaining funds are split between the City of Novi, RCOC and Oakland County general government through the Tri-Party Program.  

            In addition to the removal and replacement of the two culverts, the project includes:

• Milling (grinding off) the existing road surface, Meadowbrook to Haggerty, and repaving with asphalt
• Implementing safety improvements including a continuous, center left-turn lane; adding and extending selected right-turn and deceleration lanes; and widening road shoulders
• Repairing and replacing curbs and gutters
• Upgrading pedestrian crosswalks to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
• Adding an eight-foot-wide sidewalk along the south side of this section of Ten Mile Road
• Upgrading the traffic signals at the 10 Mile/Meadowbrook and 10 Mile/Cranbrook intersections
• Watermain work that will be done by the City of Novi

Pavement repairs at the Ten Mile Road/Haggerty Road intersection were completed last month. 

The contractor for the work is Toebe Construction of Wixom. This section of Ten Mile Road carries 16,000 vehicles daily.

For more information on the project, visit the Ten Mile Road, Haggerty to Meadowbrook project page in the “Road Projects” section of the RCOC website, www.rcocweb.org.