The Town of Clarendon has known for several years that it had major problems with erosion on one of its steepest byways, Quarterline Road. With slopes as high as 17% and five contiguous segments that didn’t meet Municipal General Roads Permit standards, the town knew it had to do something. But it was at a … Continue reading
With just 260 residents and fewer than 3 miles of hydrologically connected roads, Mt. Tabor wasn’t sure it could benefit from the Grants in Aid Program. However, after a recent road erosion inventory, it was clear that that the town had several problem culverts. One of them, on Brooklyn Road, was failing. It was clogged … Continue reading
In an effort to demonstrate the importance of municipalities addressing significant erosion sources from Class 4 roads, the Central Vermont Regional Planning Commission (CVRPC) conducted a remediation and demonstration project in the Towns of Calais, Moretown, and Worcester. The project was funded by a grant from the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), the Lake Champlain … Continue reading
On March 21, 2017 the Southern Windsor County Regional Planning Commission (SWCRPC) hosted an informational meeting on the draft Municipal Roads General Permit (MRGP) framework at the Springfield, VT town hall. Jim Ryan of the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources; Department of Environmental Conservation presented the draft framework and facilitated a Q&A session with the … Continue reading
Municipal Roads General Permit Update Speaker: Jim Ryan, DEC Thursday Jan. 12, 2017 11:00 AM-Noon Winooski Room The Municipal Roads General Permit (MRGP), required by the Vermont Clean Water Act (Act 64), will be issued in the summer of 2018. During this month’s Brown Bag on the MRGP, Jim Ryan of the Department of … Continue reading
In an effort to help its municipalities prepare for DEC’s pending Municipal Roads General Permit, the Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission (CCRPC) completed several municipal Road Erosion Inventories this past summer. Working in partnership with Jim Ryan and other DEC staff, CCRPC adapted DEC’s inventory questions for use in a mobile app (Esri’s Collector for … Continue reading
On February 10, 2016, the Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional Commission (TRORC) hosted a Road Foreman Regional Meeting in the new Chelsea Town Garage for road foreman of towns in Orange and Windsor Counties in East Central Vermont. Road foreman from the two counties checked out the shiny new garage in Chelsea and enjoyed bagels and coffee. … Continue reading
