Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced yesterday that 28 villages and cities across the state with populations less than 10,000 will receive road funding grants totaling $5.1 million.
Five of those 28 villages and cities are local to the Thumb area. Established by the state Legislature in 2018, the Community Service Infrastructure Fund (CSIF) Category B program is administered by the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) and serves as a stop-gap program to help fund road projects in small communities.
Successful projects were selected, in part, because they are paired with planned infrastructure work, coordinated with other road agencies, focused on extending the useful life of the road and had limited funding sources.
Projects chosen in the Thumb include one in Huron County’s Harbor Beach, with work on Bartlett Street, Trescott Street, Schock Road, Garden Street and Resort Road granted $230,000; a project in Lapeer County’s Columbiaville, where almost $131,000 has been awarded for work on Fifth Street and LeValley Road; two projects in Sanilac County, with a project for Brown City’s Buby Street awarded $54,000 and a project in Croswell for Croswell and Seltzer Roads awarded $250,000; and finally, a project on Washington and Noble Streets in Tuscola County’s Kingston, which was awarded over $210,000.
Enacted in 1987 and reauthorized in 1993, the Transportation Economic Development Fund (TEDF) helps finance highway, road and street projects that are critical to the movement of people and products, and for getting workers to their jobs, materials to growers and manufacturers, and finished goods to consumers.
More details about the individual grants and information on the upcoming Fiscal Year2026 program, opening in early April, are available online at TEDF Category B – Villages and Small Cities.
