Please understand that property taxes do not go to the Road Commission. The Road Commission is seperate from County general government and RCOC receives no revenue from property taxes. We are funded primarily via the gas tax and vehicle registration fees, which are unrelated to property value. However, both the gas tax and vehicle registration fee revenues have been declining for some years.

Additionally, RCOC, as a matter of policy, does not pay for the resurfacing of subdivision streets (we don't receive enough revenue to resurface the major roads that need resurfacing, let alone subdivision streets). However, we will work with a neighborhood to set up a special assessment district to allow residents to pay for the resurfacing of their neighborhood roads through a 10-year property tax assessment. If you'd like information about the SAD program, please call 248-645-2000, ext. 2270.

Please report all potholes directly to the Road Commission (we are not able to regularly monitor all the Web sites like this one where people post comments). Call RCOC at 877-858-4804 or contact us via our Web site, www.rcocweb.org (click on "contact us").

Thank you,
Road Commission for Oakland County