There has to be some solution to this. It is over a mile bakc up in the evenings. They've known about this for over a year!

I've been used to traffic backing up almost to the Presbyterian church, but at around 5:15-5:30pm, traffic has been backed up passed Indian Trail Road, almost at St. Mary's.

This problem remains, 4 years after my original post. We're backed up for miles while Southbound Hiller has no more than 10 cars waiting. Northbound Old Orchard is worse, backed up at least as far as one can see - which is up to the sharp bend about 2/10 mile up.

No change, the Road Commission, like most typical government agencies, is 'reviewing this'. Nothing's changed - all talk, no action. All it would take is to re-time the light slightly, giving a bit more time to the commerce side. In the mornings, especially during the school year, the same drivers headed eastbound get to wait in long lines on Commerce at Orchard Lake Rd.

The problem is not the signal. The problem is the capacity of the roads. The roads are not able to accommodate the level of traffic present during rush hours. There has been tremendous development in this area in recent decades. That development does not result in any revenue to address the roads which must carry the traffic they generate. This problem is reflected by the massive traffic congestion we face across Oakland County during rush hours. The solution is to increase the capacity of the roads, typically by widening. Today we have a need for nearly $2 billion worth of capacity improvements in Oakland County just on county roads,and virtually no money available to address that need.

- Road Commission

Thank you, road commission. Certainly you know more about this than I do and perhaps it is an issue of widening, but from a logical standpoint, if it has nothing to do with timing, then why is there not many miles of backup in the opposing direction (Hiller Rd.)? Wouldn't re-timing the light make a few more cars on Hiller wait and a few less on Commerce?

This is the kind of situation where the expression "between a rock and a hard place" seems to apply.

Thank you Host. We are reviewing the timing to check this, just in case.

Road Commission

Perhaps the timing has been adjusted? There has not been a significant back up since early October..

Good news at last (and for a change)!

I've noticed a few minor backups around Feb/March of 2017, but all in all, I would say this is no longer a problem.

Thanks for fixing this issue!