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, educational institutions, or government entities.
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. These funds are appropriated to the states by the Federal Highway Administration as authorized through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The program in New Hampshire is administered by the Bureau of Trails.
RTP application for Federal Fiscal Year 2024 is now available.
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION SUBMISSION must be received and stamped in at DNCR HQ by: logo for website Friday, June 16, 2023 @ 4:00 PM Attendance to at least one of the RTP workshops is required to apply.
The Bureau will be holding 2 informational workshops about the program. Attendance to at least one of these workshops is mandatory to apply for RTP funds. The workshops will be held on/at the following dates, times and locations:
- When: May 17, 2023 (two sessions), 1:00PM – 3:00 PM OR 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM. Location: DNCR HQ: 172 Pembroke Rd, Concord, NH 03301When: May 24, 2023, 6:00PM – 8:00PM. Location: DNCR Lancaster Office: 629B Main Street Lancaster, NH 03584Contact Jay Scarborough at jay.a.scarborough@dncr.nh.gov with any questions.
*attendance to at least one session is required for application submission
For more information – go to the NH Bureau of Trail’s website: https://www.nhstateparks.org/find-parks-trails/find-trails-maps-clubs/grants/recreational-trails-program