Michigan is investing $3.9 million through 11 TEDF Category F grants to upgrade key urban roadways in rural areas, targeting routes strained by commercial traffic and vital to local industry. Projects include rebuilds and resurfacings in places such as Houghton County, Sault Ste. Marie, Hudsonville, Mt. Pleasant, and Port Huron, with State Transportation Director Bradley C. Wieferich noting that "TEDF grants are a great tool for communities to improve local roads while helping create jobs and economic opportunities," according to the Michigan Department of Transportation.
The funding also supports improvements in South Haven, where City Manager Kate Hosier stated that "With support from the TEDF Category F grant, the Kalamazoo Street reconstruction will strengthen all-season access to an important industrial corridor, enhancing reliability for commercial traffic and reinforcing South Haven's role in Michigan's manufacturing economy." These upgrades aim to boost transportation reliability and economic activity across multiple Michigan communities, as reported by the Michigan Department of Transportation.
Michigan is moving ahead with several road projects to improve travel and support local industry. Work is planned for Union Street in Battle Creek, Industrial Avenue in Coldwater, an intersection in Ingham County, a highway section in Eaton County, and Industrial Drive in Hillsdale, which serves a manufacturing and technology park. The projects are supported by the Transportation Economic Development Fund, created in 1987 and renewed in 1993. The funding focuses on routes in communities of 5,000 or more in counties with fewer than 400,000 residents, as stated by the Michigan Department of Transportation.
