PROJECT UPDATES
**UPDATE** The P11 parking lot along 11 Mile (east of the Farmers Market) is now closed to make way for the new Royal Oak Police Station. When visiting the Royal Oak Farmers Market, please take advantage of the FREE valet on Saturdays. As a reminder, parking is FREE citywide until 11 a.m. and FREE for the first two hours in the Center Street, North Lafayette and South Lafayette parking garages before 5 p.m.
The Rethink Royal Oak development, which includes a new park, parking garage, City Hall and police station, is progressing.
Construction is well underway for the parking garage (due to open in June 2019).
The parking lot south of the Farmers Market is now closed, as construction has commenced for the new City Hall (projected to complete in 2020). Please note the Royal Oak Farmers Market is not closing – it will remain open all throughout construction. The hours and availability of the Farmers Market will not be impacted by the development. All scheduled activities and events are still happening during construction. Now available:
• FREE valet parking on Saturday for the Farmers Market.
• Large strolling shopping baskets for customers to store while they pull their car around, and volunteers to help customers with curbside loading and unloading.
• FREE parking for Market patrons at Superior Fish (40 spaces) during Market hours on Saturday.
• A new entrance to the west Farmers Market parking lot on 11 Mile for customers.
• 23 new on-street parking spaces on Third Street east of Troy.
• The P4 lot, which was created between the library and the police station with 20 spaces and additional handicap spaces.
The new police station is projected to be complete in 2020.
The Royal Oak Public Library is getting a makeover, which includes a new ADA compliant ramp, railings, landscaping and more. The north entrance is expected to permanently reopen in the spring of 2019 after being closed to the public for nearly a decade. Decorative streetscape including ornamental street lights, trees with grates and stamped concrete will be put in place to match the looked of the work recently done on East Fourth Street. Library hours and programs will not be affected by the ongoing work on the Eleven Mile side of the building. The turn lane on 11 Mile north of the library will close and re-open intermittently during construction. The sidewalk along the soon-to-be north entrance is currently closed and is expected to reopen in early 2019.
