$503 Million in Trail Funding at Stake – Write your Senator

[resprider]

RE: Re: RE: BFG All Terrain T/A KO - Black out or White out?

Your Senators need to hear from you!!

The House has already passed its version of the transportation bill, which includes funding for the Recreational Trails Program (RTP); now it’s the Senate’s turn.

But the Senate has provided less funding ($325 million for six years) for RTP than the House ($503 million for six years). So ARRA encourages you to write to your Senators and let them know they need to match the funding level in the House bill--$503 million.

Your voice can make a difference, so write NOW!!

http://www.arra-access.com/campaign/TransportationBillSenateAlert

 

[mingez]

RE: TFI upgrade Q

Check out his other posts as well:

http://www.jeepz.com/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&p=1109190&highlight=#1109190
http://www.jeepz.com/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&p=1117761&highlight=#1117761

 

[Junkpile]

RE: Tie rod woahs

Not to detract from your cause......you mean amounts as high as $500,000,000 are supposedly invested in our trails each year? Where?

 

[resprider]

The $500 million figure is over six years. And each state administers the program; it requires private groups to apply for grants. It is not money that goes to work done by agencies.

The below information is from http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/rectrails

The Recreational Trails Program (RTP) is an assistance program of the Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). Federal transportation funds benefit recreation by making funds available to the States to develop and maintain recreational trails and trail-related facilities for both nonmotorized and motorized recreational trail uses.

The RTP funds come from the Federal Highway Trust Fund, and represent a portion of the motor fuel excise tax collected from nonhighway recreational fuel use: fuel used for off-highway recreation by snowmobiles, all-terrain vehicles, off-highway motorcycles, and off-highway light trucks.

The RTP funds are distributed to the States by legislative formula: half of the funds are distributed equally among all States, and half are distributed in proportion to the estimated amount of nonhighway recreational fuel use in each State. See the Funding Levels by State. The distribution model is based on a report for FHWA by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in July 1999 (Fuel Used for Off-Road Recreation: A Reassessment of the Fuel Use Model).

Each State administers its own program. Contact your State RTP Administrator for guidance on State policies and project eligibility requirements.

The link for information on contacting your state RTP administrator is http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/rectrails/rtpstate.htm