Statewide statewide

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) awarded $120,005.88 to the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) under the Highway Planning and Construction program (CFDA 20.205) on July 22, 2025. This formula grant supports a statewide portfolio of transportation research and infrastructure evaluation projects across Michigan. The funded initiatives encompass multiple product categories including infrastructure condition assessment and repair guidance, technology evaluation studies, and research development in emerging transportation areas.

The grant deliverables include comprehensive research outputs and guidance documents across diverse transportation domains: structural engineering guidelines for spun concrete poles and box-beam bridge components; evaluation models for equitable bridge investment prioritization; assessment protocols for steel bridge pile corrosion and service life prediction; performance analysis of riprap and traffic speed deflectometer (TSD) data; modernization of the RoadSoft management system; digital speed limit sign effectiveness evaluation; rest area prioritization assessments; and advanced safety research through University Transportation Center (UTC) projects addressing connected and automated vehicles readiness, flood resilience for transportation infrastructure, multimodal 3D perception systems for accident prevention, and video analytics for enhanced road safety. Most vendor assignments remain to be determined, with the exception of University of Michigan involvement in the multimodal 3D perception system project.

Project description

Vendor TBD - 'replacement of outside beams on adjacent box-beam structures' - no new construction statewide / vendor TBD; vendor TBD - 'evaluation model for equitable prioritization of bridge investments' - no new construction statewide / vendor TBD; vendor TBD - 'spun concrete poles: guidelines for fabrication, condition assessment, repair, and replacement' - no new construction statewide / vendor TBD; vendor TBD - 'evaluation of digital speed limit signs in work zones' - no new construction statewide / vendor TBD; vendor TBD - 'roadsoft modernization research project' - no new construction statewide / vendor TBD; vendor TBD - 'measurement and performance of riprap' - no new construction statewide / vendor TBD; vendor TBD - 'corrosion rates and predicting remaining service life for steel bridge piles' - no new construction statewide - vendor TBD; vendor TBD - 'evaluation and prioritization of MDOT rest areas' - no new construction statewide / vendor TBD; vendor TBD - 'connected and automated vehicles (CAVS) readiness survey: are MDOT roads machine readable university transportation center (UTC)' - no new construction statewide / vendor TBD; vendor TBD - 'flood fragility of roads and railroads university transportation center (UTC)' - no new construction statewide / vendor TBD; UM - 'multimodal 3D perception system for active safety at accident-prone location - UTC' - no new construction statewide / university of michigan (UM); TBD - 'enhancing road safety through video analytics & connected vehicles - university transportation center (UTC)' - no new construction statewide / vendor TBD; vendor TBD - 'evaluate speed estimation techniques for EPA moves model input using big data and travel demand models for regional conformity analysis ' - no new construction statewide / vendor TBD; vendor TBD - 'evaluation of traffic speed deflectometer (TSD) data for potential use in michigan' - no new construction. Statewide - vendor TBD