The Oakland County Water Resources Commissioner’s (OCWRC) office has closed Adams Road just north Buell Road in Oakland Township due to flooding that is the result of a drain failure.
Adams Road North of Buell Road in Oakland Township is Closed Indefinitely
The detour for the closure is Orion Road to Stoney Creek Road to Adams Road and vice versa.
The road will remain closed indefinitely. The OCWRC is working toward a permanent solution to correct the flooding in this area. For questions regarding the issue, call the OCWRC at 248-858-0958.
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This seems like the least way to fix the problem, with no repair goal or date, and this has been an ongoing problem for a month! The danger of 50MPH traffic hydroplaning through the water has been obvious. At the very least, they could have used a small back hoe to dig a little drainage ditch perpendicular to the road, or added a pile of dirt to dam it off. Instead, closure is their solution.
This is brought to you by the rocket scientists that put up a 4 way stop at the 32,000 cars a day Adams and 3,000 cars a day Gunn intersection. This backs traffic up 1/2 to 3/4 mile on Adams at rush hours. Real smart! The RCOC solution is to spend either $200k on a light, or $2M on a tiny, idiot roundabout, that already have been shown to not work well.