Recreational Trails Program

May 08 at 9:55am - khsdba

Recreational Trails Program

The legislative process to reauthorize our nation's transportation programs, including the Recreational Trails Program (RTP), continues to take many interesting twists and turns. While the Senate passed a two-year reauthorization bill, the House of Representatives has only been able to pass short-term extensions each lasting only a few months. Both legislative bodies have now decided to appoint conferees so that a conference committee could meet to hammer out what everyone hopes will be a compromise measure that can eventually pass both chambers. The current short-term extension expires on June 30th, so it appears the goal is to try and finalize the compromise bill by that deadline.