Transportation Economic Development Fund (TEDF) – Category C - Urban Congestion Relief

The Transportation Economic Development Fund (TEDF) Category C - Urban Congestion Relief program aims to improve the operational level of service and reduce crash rates in heavily congested urban areas.

Eligible recipients are strictly county and city road agencies located in counties with a population greater than 400,000. Currently, this includes Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Genesee, and Kent counties.

To be eligible for funding, projects must reduce traffic congestion on county primary or city major streets within the designated urban counties. The specific road must be eligible for federal aid and carry more than 10,000 vehicles per day (if a two-lane road) or more than 25,000 vehicles per day (if the road has more than two lanes). Eligible project scopes include adding travel lanes, left turn lanes, intersection improvements, or advanced traffic management systems. Eligible costs include planning, design, right-of-way acquisition, and construction. Routine maintenance costs are not eligible.

There is no direct application process for this category. Funds are distributed to eligible recipients based on a statutory formula outlined in P.A. 231 of 1987. Eligible recipients present proposed transportation projects to their respective Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPO) for review and funding recommendation. Projects selected by the MPO are then administered by the Michigan Department of Transportation.