The Manitoba government along with Trails Manitoba is investing more than 880-thousand dollars to support 33 recreational trails across the province.

The announcement was made Tuesday by  Environment and Climate Change Minister Tracy Schmidt.

Schmidt said adding new trails and ensuring existing trails are well-maintained helps guarantee Manitobans can continue to enjoy the great outdoors for generations to come.

The 2024 Trails Manitoba grant program provides almost 700-thousand dollars for trails outside Winnipeg and $190,000 for trails within Winnipeg.

In all, these projects will add 36 kilometres of trails to Manitoba’s network while maintaining and upgrading more than 600 kilometres of existing trails, the minister noted.

This year’s projects include 75-thousand dollars for Flinty’s Discovery Trail and wetland accessible loop in Flin Flon and 50-thousand dollars for the Grace Lake boardwalk and boreal trail in The Pas.