MARQUETTE — A pair of Upper Peninsula locations are among 11 statewide to receive a Transportation Economic Development Fund Category F grant, according to a Michigan Department of Transportation news release.

The 11 grants total $3.9 million to help rebuild local roads across Michigan, said MDOT Director Bradley C. Wieferich. In the U.P., grant recipients include the Houghton County Road Commission and the city of Sault Ste. Marie. Category F grants provide funding for projects that include improving access to the state all-season system or improving safety and all-season capabilities on routes having high commercial traffic. Eligible road agencies include county road commissions, cities and villages.

“TEDF grants are a great tool for communities to improve local roads while helping create jobs and economic opportunities,” Wieferich said. “These 11 agencies will be able to resurface roads, improve intersections and address overall safety in areas where there are high commercial, customer and employee traffic.”

The Houghton County Road Commission will rebuild Erickson Drive from M-26 west approximately 3,000 feet. Erickson Drive provides access from M-26 to a gravel pit waste site, Houghton County transfer station, power transformer station and logging property. The road was not designed to handle the current volume of commercial traffic and has deteriorated to poor condition. Rebuilding the road will bring it up to all-season standards and ensure continuity in the county’s all-season road system. The total project cost is $854,952, including $375,000 in TEDF Category F grant funding, $385,000 in MDOT Small Urban Funding and $94,952 in matching funds from the HCRC.

The city of Sault Ste. Marie will resurface Meridian Street from the I-75 Business Spur to West Eighth Avenue. Meridian Street is an all-season roadway serving an industrial area, Lake Superior State University and Sanderson Field Airport. This project will improve the road condition and allow commercial traffic to continue using the roadway safely. The total project cost is $790,000, with 47% of construction costs, up to $375,000, in TEDF Category F funding and $415,000 in matching funds from the city of Sault Ste. Marie.

More information about the program is available online at www.Michigan.gov/TEDF.