FY2017 Grant Requests
The Mound Technology and Innovation Corridor Project is a partnership of Macomb County/City of Sterling Heights/City of Warren, MI, is seeking federal funding to transform nine miles of the Mound Road Corridor in the Cities of Warren and Sterling Heights – the 3rd and 4th largest cities in Michigan with a combined population of 265,000 – from a dilapidated, 30-year-old roadway to a next-generation complete streets project, offering reduced congestion, upgraded intelligent transportation systems, access to transit, improved bicycle and pedestrian paths, and a connection to the 1,273-mile Iron Belle Trail running from Detroit to the Wisconsin/Michigan border.
The nine miles of Mound Road connecting to I-696 and State Route M-59 are a major industrial corridor – with over 81,000 manufacturing jobs in a ten-mile radius – featuring vital national automotive, aerospace, defense, and advanced manufacturing installations, including the Warren General Motors Technical Center, the Sterling Heights Ford Axle Plant, the Sterling Heights Chrysler Assembly Plant, and the U.S. Army’s Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) and Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) facilities.
Project Sponsors 
- Macomb County, MI (lead)
- City of Sterling Heights, MI
- City of Warren, MI
Total Project Cost:
- $217.28 million
- View funding breakdown
Major Corridor Employers
- U.S. Army
- General Motors
- Fiat-Chrysler Automobiles
- Ford Motor Company
- General Dynamics Land Systems
- BAE Systems
Complete Street Components
- Add/widen bike/pedestrian ways/overpasses
- Add transit stops for SMART Bus System
- Upgrade intelligent signalization systems
- Add vehicle-to-vehicle connectivity systems