Infrastructure

The city’s long-delayed Main Street Revitalization project began last month.

The commission denied the project March 27 after seven months of deliberation.

The city is responsible for paying 5%, or $3.09 million (whichever is less) for project expenses.

Charlotte has debated the addition of sidewalks in its West Village for more than a decade.

‘It was a constant battle’ to keep JetBlue in the Green Mountain State — a conflict that started long before the airline pulled out in 2023.

The group is fundraising with donations and grant applications, but they still need town approval.

Winooski residents approved the project six years ago, and after a series of delays, construction is set to begin in two months.

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Green Mountain Transit rides have been free.

Winooski residents want infrastructure improvements along Main Street to make crossing, walking and biking safer, according to local leaders working on a new walk-bike plan for the city.

The engineering firm that’s overseeing the upcoming replacement of the 95-year-old bridge connecting Burlington and Winooski held its first public meeting last week, inciting questions and feedback from anxious residents.

Construction on the walk-bike bridge known as the East-West Crossing in South Burlington is expected to start at the end of 2024.

Middlebury College has had to scramble for housing solutions for its expanding student population.

The 1950s-era Ho Hum Motel underwent nine months of reconstruction to open a doorway to permanent and affordable housing for those in need.

What looks like a new state-of-the-art shopping mall is actually the newly constructed home of Winooski schools. 

Lacking waste services, poor access to safe drinking water and frustration with the state’s composting requirement were highlighted as common concerns across the state in a report released late last month by state environmental officials.

New Hampshire homeowners struggling with financial pressures related to COVID-19 still have a chance to seek relief from money provided through the state’s Homeowner Assistance Fund. 

More than 50 years, a slew of roadblocks and $45 million later, the controversial Champlain Parkway is set to push forward along Burlington’s southern edge.

The state’s pandemic-era motel voucher program will continue for Winooskians and other Vermonters until April 2024. 

This legislative session’s major housing bill drew a lot of attention last month for its impacts on Act 250 reform and single-family zoning.

The library’s board and staff is embarking on a new strategic plan for the library — the first update in seven years.

Children across rural Vermont walk to school, but the city of Winooski poses a unique set of geographical challenges for students on foot.

South Burlington officials want to eliminate 60% of the city’s carbon footprint by 2030, and with transportation accounting for two-thirds of that figure, the city’s climate action plan finalized last October is pushing for more electric vehicles and charging infrastructure. 

Landlords would’ve had to register rental units in a statewide list under the original version of a bill moving through the Senate, but lawmakers backed away from the plan and now the bill would only commission a study of the idea.

Senate legislators are considering a bill that would end a policy that suspends driver’s licenses as a result of not paying civil traffic violations within 30 days.

Communities near proposed telecommunications facilities may get to have more involvement in the siting process through a bill in the House Committee on Energy and Environment.

Cyclists and pedestrians may soon have a safer time on Vermont roadways as state lawmakers look to improve access to certain highways by lowering speed limits and narrowing lanes to create more shoulder space.

The conflict between the desire to maintain open space and the need for more housing in Shelburne came to the forefront on Town Meeting Day when residents cast votes on whether the town should set aside funds to acquire and preserve more undeveloped land.

Construction in Hinesburg to extend sidewalks in the village area may finally be moving forward.