Recreational Trails Program

Recreational Trails Program (RTP) is a competitive grant program that offers funding for quality public trail projects throughout New Hampshire. Limited grants are available for motorized, non-motorized and diversified trails. Eligible projects include maintenance and restoration of existing trails, purchase and lease of trail construction and maintenance equipment, construction of new trails, development and rehabilitation of trailside and trailhead facilities and trail linkages. Applicants may be non-profit organizations, private groups or government entities.

Funding for the Recreational Trail Program is generated from federal gas tax dollars paid on fuel purchases for off-highway recreational vehicles and snowmobiles. These funds are appropriated to the states by the Federal Highway Administration as authorized through the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act. The program in New Hampshire is administered by the Bureau of Trails.

The NH RTP application for federal fiscal year 2020 is now available!

Due date is: Friday, June 21st, 2019 at 4:00pm.

Three application workshops will be held during Spring 2019. Starting spring 2019, attendance to at least one of these workshops will be mandatory in order to apply for a RTP grant.

• 2 Workshops will be held on Monday, May 13th from 1-3 pm and 6-8 pm at DNCR headquarters at 172 Pembroke Rd, Concord, NH 03301.

• 1 Workshop will be held on Monday, May 20th from 6-8 pm at office in Lancaster at 629 B Main St., Lancaster, NH 03584.

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