Can the State highway department spend more other Federal money on RTP in States that lost money?
Q. What do we do if we can’t spend motorized funds? A: You need to find a way to approach user groups. Apportioned funds are available for obligation for four fiscal years, so you if you have money you haven’t spent, then do a big project, consider land acquisition, but get a project started. • Every State has an organized motorized user group. Seek them out; look up your State association. See www.nohvcc.org. • Tom Metsa of the Colorado OHV program has recently spent $1 million on maintenance crews on Federal land. • Nevada is having problems getting BLM to even do maintenance of existing routes. • Texas is helping nonprofit groups form so that they can develop the ability to manage recreation areas. Texas has given them $2.5 million in grants to the Texas Motorized Trails Coalition, acquired major riding sites, and have given funding for them to purchase another 3,300 acres in west Texas. • Indiana has purchased and developed former mining land now called Gypsum City Riding Area. The
