Baldwin/Clarkston Road Intersection to Close for Roundabout Construction MI -The Road Commission for Oakland County (RCOC) will close the Baldwin Road/Clarkston Road intersection in the township starting Monday to reconstruct the intersection as a roundabout access to homes and businesses at and near the intersection will be maintained; however the intersection will be fully closed to vehicle and pedestrian traffic The detour for through traffic on Clarkston Road during the closure is Baldwin Court/West Baldwin Road to Baldwin Road to Indianwood Road to Joslyn Road and back to Clarkston Road and vice versa The detour route for Baldwin Road through traffic is Baldwin Road to Waldon Road to Joslyn Road to Indianwood Road and back to Baldwin and vice versa The approximately $3.6 million project is funded mainly by federal dollars including federal Highway Safety Program dollars along with RCOC and Orion Township matching funds In addition to the construction of the roundabout expects to complete construction in late summer The Baldwin Road/Clarkston Road intersection carries approximately 22,500 vehicles daily contact RCOC through any of the following methods: This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page A major winter snow storm hit Michigan Friday afternoon thundersnow and high wind levels across the state Low temperatures overnight may bring icy conditions Saturday while snow and wind brought high rates of power outages across the region Friday Metro Detroit totals ranged from 2.3 inches in Roseville to 7 inches in Clarkston Gladwin received 12 inches and Ortonville got 8.5 inches The largest total so far in the state was 26 inches in Champion Township, which is located in the Upper Peninsula. It was reported by a Cooperative Observer Network volunteer 25.3 inches was reported in National Mine by a National Weather Service employee Here's a look at snowfall across the state Friday, according to National Weather Service and Iowa State University trackers More: Metro Detroit likely to dodge worst as snowstorm begins to pummel Michigan 2013 at 4:20 am ET.css-79elbk{position:relative;}The following is a press release from Kroger Kroger confirmed its commitment to boost energy efficiency in its stores with the awarding of ENERGY STAR certification to the Clarkston West Bloomfield and White Lake Kroger locations The store addresses are: 9741 Dixie Highway Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S Department of Energy to help Americans save money and protect the environment through energy efficient products and practices West Bloomfield and White Lake locations are among 24 Kroger Michigan stores that received the ENERGY STAR designation “Kroger is a frontrunner in the grocery industry when it comes to energy conservation and sustainability,” said Rick Going we pass along to our customers in the form of lower prices.” West Bloomfield and White Lake stores and other Kroger locations include skylights LED lighting and a specially designed computer system that monitors and controls energy usage throughout the facilities LED lighting installed in glass door cases fresh meat cases and back room coolers and freezers uses 75 percent less energy than fluorescent lighting LED lamps offer a longer life and will not dim as they age as do fluorescent lamps Kroger is also saving energy with motion sensors that turn lights on when a customer approaches an aisle and shuts them off when the aisle is empty “Energy efficient equipment installed throughout our stores reduces our carbon footprint and creates a more pleasing shopping environment for customers,” Going said “Replacing floodlights with spotlights in certain areas—such as the produce department—decreases energy consumption and makes food and other merchandise brighter and more appealing.” of Michigan’s conservation efforts are part of a corporate-wide commitment to reduce energy consumption based on customer requests for environmentally friendly stores Kroger has reduced energy consumption in its stores by 32 percent since 2000 saving the company more than $100 million in energy costs each year Kroger recently received the “Galaxy” Star of Energy Efficiency The Alliance to Save Energy is a nonprofit organization that promotes energy efficiency worldwide through research The EPA has helped thousands of businesses and organizations save energy reduce costs and prevent greenhouse gas emissions through ENERGY STAR Americans saved enough energy in 2010 to avoid greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to those from 33 million cars while reducing their utility bills by nearly $18 billion For more information about Kroger’s sustainability efforts, visit http://sustainability.kroger.com Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. 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