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2019 Federal Recreational Trail Grant Awards FEDERAL RECREATIONAL TRAIL PROGRAM 2019 Funded Grants Project # Applicant Organization Project Title Project Description Type of Use Total Project Cost Award Amount To purchase groom tracks; LTB maintains 52 miles of rough 0001-19-2C Cook County Tracks for groomers terrain with multiple access points to the State trail and Motorized $26,487.84 $19,865.88 businesses for lodging, food, and fuel. To purchase one snowmobile with light bar, bumper, winch, 0004-19-2C Town of Fredenberg Arctic Cat Bearcat Purchase and rear plate to be used to perform snowmobile trail Motorized $15,299.00 $11,474.25 maintenance. Josephine Nunn Trail Reconstruction To reclaim and reconstruct a 10' wide trail, to replace existing, 0006-19-3B City of Champlin Non-motorized $87,500.00 $63,000.00 Project poor condition 25-year old asphalt trail. To purchase equipment to maintain trails and pack trails for 0007-19-2A Itasca County Maintenance equipment Motorized $25,527.41 $19,145.56 winter riding To purchase equipment for grooming early season, 120 miles 0009-19-1C Lake of the Woods County Lightweight Snowmobile Trail Groomer Motorized $35,620.00 $26,715.00 of wooded and cross-country ski trails Trail & Campground Improvement & To help maintain and improve trails and campgrounds in parks 0011-19-S Minnesota Trail Riders Association Joint $46,000.00 $34,500.00 Maintenance and forests for all users. Cross Country Ski Trail Grooming To purchase equipment to groom the four GIA ski trails with 0012-19-1A Cass County Non-motorized $35,304.00 $26,478.00 Equipment over 63km of trails widely dispersed in Cass County Rice Creek Chain of Lakes Single-Track To develop a series of single-track mountain bike trails within 0016-19-3B Anoka County Parks Department Non-motorized $125,000.00 $93,750.00 Mountain Bike Trails Rice Creek Chain of Lakes Park Reserve To apply newly learned techniques and devices, with a Smarter Maintenance For A More 0017-19-S Superior Hiking Trail Association concerted focus on conservation and hiker safety, to our Non-motorized $93,000.00 $60,000.00 Resilient Superior Hiking Trail maintenance of the Superior Hiking Trail. To construct a 3.5 mile, 10' wide multi-use paved path to 0019-19-2F City of Nisswa Gull Lake Trail Phase 4: Nisswa connect Phase 2 Lake Shore Trail to downtown Nisswa, Nisswa Joint $187,500.00 $140,625.00 Lake Park and Recreation Area, and the Paul Bunyan Trail. To purchase/replace a new drag for grooming our Grant in Aid 0020-19-3A Mille Lacs County New trail drag Motorized $31,610.00 $23,707.50 snowmobile trails To build 9 .1 miles of dedicated mt bike trails for winter and 0022-19-2B City of Ely Hidden Valley Mt Bike Trails summer use at Hidden Valley where the club maintains a city Non-motorized $210,000.00 $150,000.00 building and 25+K of ski trails To construct a 65’ bridge over the Thaines River to allow for 0024-19-3A Mille Lacs County Thaines River Bridge Motorized $130,000.00 $97,500.00 ATV, snowmobile, bicycle, and pedestrian traffic. To purchase utility snowmobile to replace 15 year old Ski Doo 0025-19-2C Cook County Ski Trail Grooming Equipment Scandic. Purchase ABR Compactor/Dragger for efficient trail Non-motorized $18,771.00 $14,078.00 conditioning To work with the US Forest Service and trail partners to 0026-19-2C Cook County Cook County Trails Improvement develop consistent maps and signage across all trails and Joint $73,737.00 $54,737.00 improve user safety. To adopt trail structure standards used by most national Materials for a Renewed Superior Hiking 0027-19-S Superior Hiking Trail Association scenic trail organizations that call for more effective, resilient Non-motorized $44,640.00 $25,140.00 Trail materials and construction methods. Bigfork to Balsam Connection Trail 0030-19-2A Itasca County To purchase equipment for trail maintenance Motorized $24,215.00 $18,161.25 Maintenance OHM Trails and Youth Conservation To hire Conservation Corp of MN and IA, Youth Corps, to assist 0031-19-1A Huntersville Township Motorized $120,300.00 $90,225.00 Corp with OHM trail maintenance work throughout the State. To purchase a snowmobile trail groomer capable of grooming 0034-19-4D City of Adams Snowmobile Trail Groomer Motorized $238,500.00 $75,000.00 trails in Mower County To redevelop the west Cross Town trail from Hwy 35 to 0035-19-2C City of Duluth-Parks Duluth Cross Town Trail - West Section Kingsbury Creek. Original trail was damaged by the Duluth Motorized $187,500.00 $140,625.00 2012 flood and abandoned. To develop an ATV trail on the existing snowmobile trail from 0036-19-2B City of Hoyt Lakes Biwabik to Gilbert MN ATV Trail Biwabik to Gilbert, providing ATV access to the Gilbert OHV Motorized $200,000.00 $150,000.00 Park and nearby cities for riders from the East Range. 0040-19-2C City of Duluth - Parks Grand Ave Nordic Center To purchase snowmaking equipment Non-motorized $148,450.00 $74,225.00 To purchase additional equipment to groom and maintain the 0041-19-1C Lake of The Woods County New trail groomer Motorized $5,588.49 $4,191.37 274.69 miles of Border trails. To remove and replace decking and other work is required to 0042-19-1C Lake of The Woods County Bridge Maintenance and Repair maintain two bridges and their approaches along the Border Motorized $34,100.00 $25,575.00 trails. To replace existing timber trail bridge over the W. Branch/ North Shore State Trail-Bridge Beaver River with a new 60 foot long steel truss bridge, D003-19-2C MN DNR Parks and Trails Joint $250,000.00 $150,000.00 Replacement recommended for immediate replacement following a 2018 Inspection. To replace worn grooming machine. Taconite and Arrowhead D004-19-2B MN DNR Parks and Trails Groomer Replacement State Trails, Putnam/Fishing Lakes trail, and Lake Vermilion Motorized $224,000.00 $75,000.00 Soudan Underground Mine State Park trails Gateway State Trail Bridge over To replace the existing Gateway State Trail bridge over D005-19-3B MN DNR Parks and Trails Non-motorized $820,000.00 $150,000.00 Westminster Avenue Westminster Ave in the city of St. Paul, MN. To replace a deficient Morrison Co. Hwy bridge and include Camp Ripley Veterans State Trail - D006-19-3A MN DNR Parks and Trails improvements that will accommodate a future segment and Joint $600,000.00 $150,000.00 Morrison Co CSAH 1Bridge river crossing of the Camp Ripley Veterans State Trail. To replace the existing trail bridge that carries the Taconite Taconite State Trail - Pike River Trail D007-19-2B MN DNR Parks and Trails State Trail over the Pike River due to structural deterioration, Joint $400,000.00 $150,000.00 Bridge Replacement structural fatigue and restrictive load limits. Zumbro Bottoms Forestry Unit Trail To rehabilitate and maintain multi-use trails by rerouting D010-19-3C MN DNR Parks and Trails Joint $200,000.00 $150,000.00 Improvements grading, hardening and reshaping Glacial Lakes State Trail- Sibley State To upgrade and develop an existing natural surface trail to an D011-19-4A MN DNR Parks and Trails Joint $280,000.00 $150,000.00 Park Segment accessible hard surface multi use trail. TOTALS Motorized $777,185.81 Non-motorized $656,671.00 Joint $979,862.00.
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