To promote relatively short trail connections between where people live and desirable locations, not to develop significant new trails. Projects must result in a trail linkage that is immediately available for use by the general public. Lands purchased with this fund require a perpetual easement for recreational trail purposes and a twenty-year maintenance commitment by the project sponsor. Projects inside state park boundaries and state trail corridors and elements of the Regional Open Space System in the Twin Cities Metro System are not eligible.
Priority is given to projects with residential connections to state and regional facilities.
A secondary purpose of the program is to develop linkages to existing trail segments. Costs must be incurred and paid for before reimbursement. All rights reserved.