Senate Bill 1527 has five sponsors, many more needed The federal Recreational Trails Program has used off-highway vehicle usersโ federal gas taxes to fund more than 24,000 trail projects nationally since 1992. It is clearly one of the best tools we have to help fund trail construction and maintenance. Only about $84 million of the estimated $270 million collected annually on OHV fuel makes its way to trails projects. Thatโs less than a third. And it’s a gap that every trail user should want closed. In late May, U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) introduced legislation that takes the first, important step toward getting RTP the full funding it deserves. Four other senators have signed on to co-sponsor the bill, which…