Brown Road work to start April 16

A $15 million road construction project will start next week on three roads along the shared border of Auburn Hills and Orion Township.

Work on Brown, Giddings and Silver Bell roads between Jamm Road and Lapeer Road / M-24 will start Tuesday, April 16, weather permitting.

The work includes:

• Replacing 2.8 miles of pavement with asphalt;

• Replacing curbs and gutters;

• Widening Brown Road between Jamm and Giddings roads to create five lanes and improve safety;

• Improving right-turn lanes on northbound Giddings Road at entrances to the General Motors plant, adding a new traffic signal;

• Adding a traffic signal at the intersection of Giddings and Silver Bell roads;

• Reconstructing approaches for side streets and driveways;

• Add new guardrails and signs.

People can access businesses within the construction zone during the work because one lane of traffic will remain open in each direction.

During the work, complete closures will be announced intermittently. Several hundred feet of Brown Road east of Giddings Road will close for an estimated 21 days during the first stage of work. The detour is Giddings Road to Silver Bell Road to Lapeer Road / M-24, back to Brown Road and vice versa.

A stretch of Giddings Road north of Silver Bell Road will completely close for an estimated 35 days during the second stage of work. The detour is Silver Bell Road to Lapeer Road (M-24) to Waldon Road, back to Giddings Road and vice versa.

The $15 million is a combination of federal, state and private-business dollars and is a joint project of the county road commission, Orion Township and Auburn Hills.

For more information on the project, visit https:// www.rcocweb.org/678/ Brown-Giddings-and-Silver-Bell-roads.

For questions on the project, call the road commission office between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. Monday through Friday or email dcsmail@rcoc.org.