Transportation Economic Development Fund (TEDF) – Category D - Secondary All-Season Roads

The Transportation Economic Development Fund (TEDF) Category D program aims to serve development by establishing and integrating a local secondary all-season road system with the state trunkline system. The purpose is to provide funding for transportation projects that complement the existing state trunkline system with improvements on connecting local routes that have high commercial traffic and minimize disruptions resulting from seasonal load restrictions.

Eligible applicants are county, city, or village road agencies and transit agencies in counties with a population of less than 400,000. To be eligible, a project must be essential to the creation of an all-season road system and located on a rural primary road or major street in a small city or village (population of 5,000 or less) in counties with a population of less than 400,000. Unless waived by the Rural Task Force, the project must be eligible for federal-aid and must be for road improvements on existing hard surface roads meeting all-season standards. Projects will be coordinated with TEDF-Category F projects to establish all-season system continuity.

There is no direct application process for the standard distribution; funds are distributed to eligible recipients based on their eligible mileage. Eligible recipients present proposed transportation projects to Rural Task Forces (RTF) for review and funding recommendation. Projects selected by the RTF are administered by the Michigan Department of Transportation. A Direct Distribution Program is also available as a voluntary option allowing local road agencies to receive a lump sum payment to complete a road project on an eligible all-season route through their local letting process.