Grants Received for Construction of the River Mountains
Loop Trail Webmaster
Note: This page needs to be updated. We have received a
number of additional grants. May 25, 2004.
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ISTEA grant to the National Park Service to improve the Historic
Railroad Trail from Boulder City to the vicinity of Hoover Dam including
opening the 5th tunnel
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$261,000 |
TEA-21 grant to the City of Boulder City for a 3-mile segment of the
Trail extending from the State Division of Museums Railroad Maintenance
Building to Railroad Pass
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$496,000 |
TEA-21 grant to the City of Henderson for 2-mile segment of the trail
which will connect the corporate boundary of Henderson with Lake Mead NRA
following the Basic Management, Inc. (BMI) pipeline corridor
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$425,000 |
TEA-21 grant to the National Park Service for a 3.5 mile segment of the
trail which will connect the Nevada Division of Wildlife Fish Hatchery
with Boulder Beach, including the public education portion of the SNWA
water treatment facility
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$425,000 |
Southern Nevada Public Lands Management Act funding to the National
Park Service for 3-mile segment from Lake Mead Marina to the Alan Bible
Visitor Center following Boulder Beach
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$450,000 |
Southern Nevada Public Lands Management Act funding under the
"Local Parks, Trails, and Natural Areas" program to the City of
Henderson for the construction of approximately 3.7 miles of the River
Mountains Loop Trail extending from the River Mountains Water Treatment
Plant to Railroad Pass. (Project has not received final authorization)
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$550,000 |
Total
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$ 2,607,000 |
Other Trail Construction Commitments
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In 1992, Boulder City partnered with the Regional Flood Control
District to construct a multipurpose facility in Hemenway Wash. It
included a flood channel and recreational trail facility. In 1997, Boulder
City received an ISTEA grant to extend this trail to a total length of 2
miles. The work was completed in 1998
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In 2000, Lake Las Vegas agreed to construct segment 14 of the River
Mountains Loop Trail (2.6-miles) on the north side of Lake Mead Drive as
part of the City of Henderson Landscape Improvement Plan following the
land exchange with the Bureau of Land Management
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In 1998, Southern Nevada Water Authority agreed to construct Segments
11 and 12 of the River Mountains Loop Trail (4-miles) along the new water
line corridor between the Foothills Reservoir Site and the new River
Mountains Treatment Facility
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In 1998, Lake Mead NRA in Partnership with Basic Management Inc. agreed
to allow a portion of the abandoned Lakeshore Drive to remain as part of
the River Mountains Loop Trail (3.4-miles) following the construction of
the new Lakeshore Drive
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