St. Albans Messenger - Thu June 23, 2022
New Vermont Transportation Bill to Bring Several Projects to Franklin County
Driving around Franklin County, Vt., there is a good chance motorists will see a few construction crews out on the roads this summer. For the Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans), it is all part of the 2022 construction season, and this year, the statehouse in Montpelier is budgeting historic amounts for what is coming up next over the next four years....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed April 06, 2022
Rockingham Bridges Replacement Over Williams River Finishes On Time
When the Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) replaced two aging bridges on I-91 in the town of Rockingham, spanning Green Mountain Railroad track and the Williams River, it did so with precast spliced girder bridges....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Thu March 24, 2022
Kubricky Construction Demolishes Bridges, Builds Temp Spans, More
The Middlebury Bridge & Rail project, a Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) initiative in collaboration with the town of Middlebury, is nearing completion this summer. The more than $92 million project replaced two nearly 100-year-old bridges that crossed the Vermont Rail Corridor in the center of Middlebury with a tunnel in the summer of 2020....
Vermont Agency of Transportation - Thu December 09, 2021
Vermont Drawbridge Rebuild on Lake Champlain Heading Toward Spring Completion
Lake Champlain's navigable channel between the towns of Grand Isle and North Hero, Vt., is now off-limits to boats of all sizes until May 15, 2022, due to the construction of a new roadway drawbridge over the narrow waterway....
CEG - Thu September 16, 2021
Major Improvement Project Has Begun on Nearly 12.5 Mi. of VT Route 9
The 46.96 mi. of Vermont Route 9 from the Chesterfield, N.H., bridge west to the New York State border has been around in one form or another since the 1760s. VT 9 — officially the Molly Stark Trail through the entirety of its length in southern Vermont — is part of a key east-west route between Portland, Maine, and Albany, N.Y....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Wed August 25, 2021
VIDEO: Three Years In, North Hero-Grand Isle Bridge Remains On Track
Three years into a $60 million project to replace the North Hero-Grand Isle bridge in Vermont, crews are pouring concrete with an eye toward building the new replacement drawbridge in the 2022. The bridge links two islands on Lake Champlain....
Vermont Business Magazine - Tue April 27, 2021
For a Small State, Vermont's List of 2021 Transportation Projects is Long
For being one of the nation's smaller states, the Vermont Agency of Transportation's (VTrans) list of highway projects for 2021 is prodigious, indicative of the agency's responsibilities that extends far beyond replacing old pavement and fixing bridges on its state, federal and interstate roadways....
Eagle Times - Sun April 04, 2021
Vermont Bridge Replacement Debate Reignites After Two Years
Obstacles to the Depot Street Bridge replacement project in Bellows Falls, Vt., have reinvigorated a community debate between replacing the bridge at its existing site or constructing an alternative, angled bridge that would shift the flow of traffic further north, an option which is favored by many economic-development proponents....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Thu March 11, 2021
North Hero-Grand Isle Bridge Work Proceeds After Setback
A $60 million Vermont bridge project is back on track after unexpected hazardous material held up work for months. Construction crews are currently excavating the cofferdam with a crane and clam bucket on the east side of the existing North Hero-Grand Isle bridge....
VTDigger - Tue January 12, 2021
Burlington, Vt., to Do Pre-Planning for Railyard Road Project
Preliminary engineering on Burlington, Vt.'s railyard enterprise construction project, which will link Pine Street with Battery Street, is slated to begin this summer. The city has long hoped to connect the two major roadways downtown, in part to ease traffic on nearby King and Maple streets, residential areas often congested with cars....
