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Top-Water · 05-06-2017, 11:50 PM

Good Grief !! another lets get some cheap crap at Walmart post disguised as something else ......

& what would the penalty be for non compliance while riding your bicycle on one of these trails . I can just see it now a special division of the State Police, Bicycle Court , a new building for a couple of million dollars for equipment and training, swat teams with Spike Strip Tire Deflation Devices to catch the bad guys on these trails and the list goes on and on. Not to mention the proctored licenses test phased in over several years depending on your age. In congested areas what would the speed limit be.

Is speed walking considered not to exceed 6-mph. ?

How about these ideas. Put up a toll both at each end of the trails, add it to your ez pass

While I too can understand the need to raise monies for projects that benefit recreation. I would rather see the legislature focus on more important things than a sneaker or bicycle user fee.

Really, do you want to charge people a usage tax for taking a walk or a bike ride to build boat ramps from folks that might not even own a boat of any type and create a new state agency to administer it all.

We already have a funding mechanism in New Hampshire for Public Boat Access
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/RSA/.../233-A-mrg.htm

Section 233-A:13

233-A:13 Statewide Public Boat Access Fund Established. – There is hereby established a nonlapsing statewide public boat access fund. The $5 boat registration surcharge collected pursuant to RSA 270-E:5, II(d) and any other public access funds donated to the state shall be placed in this fund. All funds received under this section are continually appropriated to the fish and game department for the purposes of the statewide public boat access program established under this chapter.
Source. 1992, 265:2, eff. Jan. 1, 1993.

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Top-Water Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2015 Posts: 674 Thanks: 1,535 Thanked 714 Times in 431 Posts	Good Grief !! another lets get some cheap crap at Walmart post disguised as something else ...... & what would the penalty be for non compliance while riding your bicycle on one of these trails . I can just see it now a special division of the State Police, Bicycle Court , a new building for a couple of million dollars for equipment and training, swat teams with Spike Strip Tire Deflation Devices to catch the bad guys on these trails and the list goes on and on. Not to mention the proctored licenses test phased in over several years depending on your age. In congested areas what would the speed limit be. Is speed walking considered not to exceed 6-mph. ? How about these ideas. Put up a toll both at each end of the trails, add it to your ez pass While I too can understand the need to raise monies for projects that benefit recreation. I would rather see the legislature focus on more important things than a sneaker or bicycle user fee. Really, do you want to charge people a usage tax for taking a walk or a bike ride to build boat ramps from folks that might not even own a boat of any type and create a new state agency to administer it all. We already have a funding mechanism in New Hampshire for Public Boat Access http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/RSA/.../233-A-mrg.htm Section 233-A:13 233-A:13 Statewide Public Boat Access Fund Established. – There is hereby established a nonlapsing statewide public boat access fund. The $5 boat registration surcharge collected pursuant to RSA 270-E:5, II(d) and any other public access funds donated to the state shall be placed in this fund. All funds received under this section are continually appropriated to the fish and game department for the purposes of the statewide public boat access program established under this chapter. Source. 1992, 265:2, eff. Jan. 1, 1993. Last edited by Top-Water; 05-07-2017 at 02:25 AM.