Monday afternoon drivers of Clarkston Road, near those famous curves around Walters Lake, west of Eston Road were greeted with a surprise.

Workers from the Road Commission of Oakland County (RCOC) were milling and getting ready for the filling of about 2,100 feet of pavement from Clearview, east past West Circle. According to RCOC’s Cindy Dingell, the project was a late addition to the county’s 2016 “Mill and Fill” program. Weather permitting, once the road is milled, within seven days it will be filled with asphalt. Dingell added, the county also plans to bid out a “friction control” component to the project.

After the asphalt cures, an epoxy coating will be added. This coating will be finished with a gridding, so vehicle tires can better “grab” the road. The project should be completed by mid-to-late September, Dingell said.

She estimated the cost of the project to be around $300,000. photo by Don Rush