LANSING — Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced more road funding for Michigan’s rural areas. The grants will help rebuild local roads, which is normally not done with state money, saving the local taxpayers $2.9 million.
“These grants will help communities across the state fix local roads faster so people can get to work or drop their kids off at school and businesses can move goods and supplies around more efficiently all year round,” said Governor Whitmer in a statement released by her office. “Since I took office, Michigan has fixed nearly 23,000 lane miles of road and 1,400 bridges while supporting tens of thousands of good-paying jobs. Today’s projects will build on that total as we continue working together to fix the damn roads. Let’s keep rolling up our sleeves and moving dirt to make a real difference in people’s lives.”
The grants came from the Transportation Economic Development Fund (TEDF) which helps finance highway, road and street projects that are critical to the movement of people and products, and getting workers to their jobs, materials to growers and manufacturers, and finished goods to consumers. TEDF “Category F” or “Urban Areas in Rural Counties” grants provide state funding for public roadway improvements that create system continuity with the secondary all-season road system. Eligible entities for the Category F program are urban areas of 5,000 population or more, in rural counties having less than 400,000 population.
The following grants were announced as part of the program:
The City of Ishpeming will resurface Washington Street from County Road PAA to Old Washington Street. The project includes pulverizing the existing surface, widening, regrading, compacting and resurfacing the roadway, paving shoulders and installing pavement markings.
The Mason County Road Commission will rebuild South Jebavy Drive from US-10 south to East Mitchell Street. The project will include road and shoulder widening, drainage improvements and the addition of curbs to bring the roadway up to all-season standards.
The City of Allegan will resurface Airway Drive from Grand Street to Industrial Drive. The project includes cold milling the existing surface, repaving, curb and gutter replacement, and improvements to sidewalks to comply with American With Disability Act (ADA) standards.
The City of Bay City will resurface Marquette Avenue from Transit Street to Harry S. Truman Parkway. The project includes full-depth concrete patching, traffic signal upgrade, curb repair and installing pavement markings.
The City of St. Clair will resurface Clinton Avenue from Fred W. Moore Highway/6th Street to Carney Drive. The project includes milling and resurfacing the existing asphalt surface, replacement of curb and gutter and ADA sidewalk upgrades.
The Van Buren County Road Commission will resurface Kalamazoo Street from Blue Star Highway north 0.2 miles to the South Haven city limit. The project includes cold milling the existing surface, asphalt paving, curb and gutter replacement, and installing new pavement markings.
The Village of Schoolcraft will rebuild West Eliza Street from US-131 west 0.5 miles to the village limit. The project includes cold milling the existing surface, fine grading and compaction of the aggregate base, paving, re-establishing ditches and installing new pavement markings.
The City of Chelsea will rebuild North Street from M-52 (Main Street) to Hayes Street. The project includes replacing curb and gutter and sidewalk improvements to meet ADA requirements.
The City of Tecumseh will resurface South Occidental Highway from M-50 (West Chicago Boulevard) to West Russell Road. The project includes resurfacing the existing asphalt, curb and gutter replacement, new pavement markings and ADA ramp improvements.
