Over the next five years, the state is eligible to receive $37 million in federal funding, the feds announced on Friday. Heavy rainfall is one of the most significant dangers to roads and other transportation infrastructure across the state.
“This has been a very long time coming indeed,” said Joe Flynn, secretary of the state’s Agency of Transportation.
The service will be on Amtrak’s Ethan Allen Express, which currently runs between New York City and Rutland. The new route also includes stops in Middlebury and Vergennes.
Officials want to eliminate some of the red tape involved in managing the span of Route 36 through the town’s village center.
The four-year project to replace two bridges with a rail tunnel, update town green spaces and repave roads will be finished around Labor Day weekend. Community groups are planning a celebration this Saturday of the project’s completion.
Route 78 is one of northwest Vermont’s most important highways. It’s also one of the most dangerous.
The narrow, twisting road through the Notch is impassable to tractor-trailers and most tour buses.
In the face of low ridership and rising costs, the federal dollars could help to improve transit well after the pandemic ends.
The decision to shed the handful of jobs at the restaurant was part of a larger reduction in the workforce that was announced to employees companywide.
Covid-era data from VTrans shows that the largest year-over-year drop in traffic during the pandemic happened on Aug. 2, at 36%. The second-largest was Aug. 23, at 32%, a possible reflection of this summer’s reduction in college student arrivals.
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After soil contamination was found around the site, the projected opening of a new drawbridge connecting North Hero and Grand Isle is being delayed by one year.
The hefty price tag for 8 miles of track raised questions from advocates for passenger rail between the two cities.
State officials put Project Roadsafe on hold following allegations that Richard Wobby Jr., a close friend of Gov. Phil Scott’s since childhood, misspent program funds.
