VTDigger & FEMA - Thu April 25, 2024
FEMA Repaying Vermont $22M for Cleanup Costs Due to July 2023 Floods
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is sending Vermont $22 million to cover its costs in cleaning up debris and stabilizing state buildings in the capital city of Montpelier following last summer's historic flooding, according to VTDigger, a nonprofit online news service....
Burlington Free Press & Brattleboro Reformer - Mon April 01, 2024
Winooski, Vt. Street Renovation Begins April 15; Upgrades Set for Bellows Falls Train Station
The Winooski Main Street Revitalization project in Vermont is gearing up to break ground in mid-April, the Burlington Free Press reported March 25. The long-awaited project will improve the stretch of Main Street starting at the New England Central Railroad bridge near the intersection with Maple Street and extending to the Winooski-Colchester town line near the Winooski School District....
The Montpelier Bridge - Mon March 25, 2024
Vermont Housing Development a Step Toward Building Berlin's New Town Center
At a time when other surrounding Vermont downtowns are still recovering from last July's devastating floods, the small community of Berlin is about to launch its new town center on a hill, high above the floodplain, beginning with an affordable housing complex next to the Central Vermont Marketplace, also known as the Berlin Mall....
Vermont Public Radio - Thu February 29, 2024
Voters in Richmond, Vt., to Weigh Spending $9.8M On Renovation of Key Building
Voters in the small town of Richmond, Vt., will decide if the community can borrow up to $9.8 million to fund renovations on its century old Town Center. The building is not in very good shape, Vermont Public Radio reported Feb....
MyChamplainValley.com & FHWA - Thu February 15, 2024
Vermont Awarded $1.2M Grant to Replace Bridge Destroyed by Truck Crash
Two months after a propane truck explosion damaged a Vermont Highway 14 bridge near the town of Irasburg early last December, federal agencies have now stepped up to help fund its repairs. U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced Feb....
The Commons - Wed January 17, 2024
Construction On New $10M Amtrak Station in Brattleboro, Vt., to Begin in March
Work will get under way in March on a new train station for Brattleboro, Vt., and include the first elevated passenger platform in the state, according to Jen Flanagan, an Amtrak public relations specialist....
Brattleboro Reformer - Thu December 28, 2023
Crews Preparing to Build Final Pier for New Bridge Linking Two Connecticut River Towns
Construction workers are preparing to soon construct Pier One, the seventh and final pier of the $62.5 million General John Stark Memorial Bridge, which will link the two Connecticut River towns of Hinsdale, N.H., and Brattleboro, Vt....
Valley News - Tue December 05, 2023
VTrans Considers Building 200-Mile Bike Path Along U.S. 5 From Massachusetts to Quebec
Town leaders in Fairlee, Vt., are giving feedback to the Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) and regional planning commissions on a potential bike corridor running the 200-mi. length of U.S. Highway 5 along the far eastern edge of the state....
Burlington Free Press - Tue December 05, 2023
Burlington, Vt., Expanding Airport to Handle Bigger Planes, More Passengers
The transformation of Patrick Leahy Burlington International Airport (BTV) in Vermont from a 1950s-era terminal with narrow hallways and cramped jetways will continue next summer with the start of a $34 million project to build a new north terminal....
Ken Liebeskind -CEG Correspondent - Thu November 30, 2023
Rehabilitation of Quechee Gorge Bridge Under Way in Hartford, Vt.
The rehabilitation of the Quechee Gorge bridge on U.S. Route 4 over the Ottauquechee River in Hartford, Vt., is under way with preliminary work completed and a range of items in the project ahead. Harrison & Burrowes Bridge Constructors, Glenmont, N.Y., is the lead contractor with Tri-State Painting of Tilton, N.H., the first subcontractor....
