Swan River, Erickson groups to receive trail funding
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The provincial government and Trails Manitoba are putting nearly $600,000 into repairing the province’s trail network, including more than $55,000 for two Westman trails.
Among the 11 organizations and municipalities given funding, the North Mountain Riders Inc., based just north of Swan River, will get $50,000 and the Rossburn Subdivision Trail Association in Erickson will receive $5,230.
Dave Walker, the citizen rep for the Municipality of Clanwilliam-Erickson on the Rossburn association, said the group has already hired a contractor to do repairs along one mile of trail in Erickson.
“The Trans-Canada Trail runs through Erickson and it’s also being used frequently by off-road vehicles,” Walker told the Sun Thursday. “There has been some damage over the years, and what we’re doing is restoring the damage so the surface is more walkable and more usable by bicycles.”
Walker said the trail is used extensively by the community and is “highly valued.”
“It was getting rough and uncomfortable to walk on,” he said. “We wanted to emphasize this particular area (of the trail) because it was so highly used.”
Crews are packing new material into the ground as part of the repairs.
The $50,000 upgrade is in the Porcupine Provincial Forest for the “installation of creek crossing pads to prevent environmental degradation,” the province said in a news release Thursday.
A voicemail left for the North Mountain Riders Inc. went unreturned on Thursday.
The funding comes from the province’s Off-Road Vehicle Land and Trail Rehabilitation Grant and the Trails Manitoba grant program, the release said.
The provincial grant money was collected through off-road vehicle fees collected by Manitoba Public Insurance.
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