By a vote of 327-90, the U.S. House of Representativesapproved an amendment that re-instates millions of dollars in funding for someof the country’s most popular trail programs. SGMA International last week hadurged SG industry executives to contact their local Congressman and urgepassage of the Petri-Olver Amendment, drafted by Rep. Tom Petri (R-WI) and JohnOlver (D-MA), to reinstate Transportation Enhancements funding.

In late July, Rep. Olver saw his initial proposedamendment, which would have guaranteed funding for the $600 milliontransportation enhancement program and prevented states from utilizing any ofthe funds ... Log in to view full article.