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

Goal/purpose: To serve development by establishing and integrating a local secondary all-season road system with the state trunkline system. The program provides funding for transportation projects which complement the existing state trunkline system with improvements on connecting local routes that have high commercial traffic and minimize disruptions that result from seasonal load restrictions.

Additional applicant eligibility criteria: Eligible applicants are county, city, or village road agencies and transit agencies in counties with a population of less than 400,000.

Project eligibility: The 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. The project must meet all-season standards. Projects will be coordinated with TEDF-Category F projects to establish all-season system continuity within cities and villages. Priority routes must begin and end at an existing all-season road or highway or a point-of-loading origin. Projects eligible to participate in the Direct Distribution Program must be on the approved Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) and programmed with only TEDF D and local matching funds.

Application process: None. 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.