Project included in Parks & Trails Council’s 2018 Legislative Agenda
Amount Requested | Amount Funded |
$1.9 million | portion of $2.5 million for state trail - full project expected to be funded |
Bonding Bill H.F.No. 4425
Session Law Chapter 214: Article 4: Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund Appropriations
(j) Minnesota State Trail Development
$2,500,000 the second year is from the trust fund to the commissioner of natural resources to expand high-priority recreational opportunities on Minnesota’s state trails by developing new trail segments and rehabilitating, improving, and enhancing existing state trails. High-priority trail segments to develop and enhance include but are not limited to the Gateway, Gitchi Gami, Paul Bunyan, and Heartland State Trails. A proposed list of trail projects on legislatively authorized state trails is required in the work plan. This appropriation is available until June 30, 2021, by which time the project must be completed and final products delivered.
Build a 1.2-mile trail extension into Tofte.
$1.9 million recommended by LCCMR
When completed, the Gitchi-Gami State Trail will be an 89-mile non-motorized, paved recreational trail between Two Harbors and Grand Marais, following Lake Superior’s beautiful and historic North Shore. Currently several miles, totally 29 miles, are complete. This project would fund continued development and design of the Gitchi Gami.
Recommended by Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCCMR) to be funded by the Environment & Natural Resources Trust Fund.