Section 3020.60  Project Evaluation Criteria/Priorities

The following criteria (not listed in any priority order) has been established by the Department for evaluating and ranking project applications for funding assistance:

a)         Projects proposing long distance intergrated, intra-county and inter-county trails rather than short, isolated trails;

b)         Projects proposing trails linking public lands having existing snowmobile trails/facilities;

c)         Projects proposing initial development of snowmobiling facilities in a county.  Special consideration will also be given to those projects representing initial requests for funding assistance in a county;

d)         Projects having minimal adverse environmental and social impact; and

e)         Projects located in areas (counties) of high demand as determined by the proportionate number of registered snowmobiles in the area.