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Roadbuilding
Vermont transportation agency head Minter resigns to run for governor
Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) Secretary Sue Minter has resigned her post to make a bid for governor of the state. She had only served in the position since January, but had been with the agency since 2011. Deputy Secretary Chris Cole will head VTrans until a replacement is found. The agency has a $600 [âŚ]
September 14, 2015
Roadbuilding
More states ban ET-Plus guardrail system
The list of state department of transportations to have removed the controversial guardrail end-terminal model (ET-Plus) from its approved highway-products list continues to grow. Ten states (and counting)  have now removed the model, including Vermont, Hawaii, Colorado, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, Nevada, Oregon and Virginia. The ET-Plus model has a steel fixture that is meant [âŚ]
October 24, 2014
Roadbuilding
âBridge in a backpackâ saves Vermont time and money
If youâve driven around the Fairfield, Vermont, you may have wondered what construction crews were doing placing hollow tubing over Wanzer Brook. Donât worry, the crews werenât going crazy. They were implementing a new bridge construction method dubbed âbridge in a backpack.â The hollow tubes are made of a material impervious to elements which allowed [âŚ]
September 11, 2014
Business
Mud in Your Mouth: How Rexâs Outrageous developed Road Crew Crunch, a line of construction-themed snacks
Blame it on Grandma. âMy grandmother had a snack mix she called Gravel,â relates Daren Rexroad (but please call him âRexâ), âmade of peanuts, pretzels, cereal and white chocolate.â  Using her recipe, Rex started experimenting, substituting dark chocolate there, milk chocolate here. Soon he had several snack mixes people were urging him to start selling. [âŚ]
August 4, 2014
Roadbuilding
Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin signs $685.7 million transportation bill
Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin on Monday signed a $685.7 million transportation bill for fiscal year 2015, marking the largest transportation infrastructure investment in the stateâs history. The legislation approves infrastructure improvements and maintenance, supports a multimodal transportation system and focuses on economic development, safety, infrastructure preservation and maintenance, energy efficient transportation choices and the continued [âŚ]
June 3, 2014
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Low temps freeze construction equipment and materials beneath Vermont bridge, delay concrete pours for Cincinnati streetcar
Count these two crews in Vermont and Cincinnati among those in the construction  industrystymied by the freezing temperatures of the Polar Vortex earlier this week. In Brattleboro, Vermont, a crew with PCL Civil Constructors Inc. found a crane, an aerial lift and a load of materials for a bridge repair on Interstate 91 frozen in the [âŚ]
January 9, 2014
Roadbuilding
Vermont-Quebec electric car corridor to open in fall
One of the biggest problems for owners of electric cars is that long journeys are often out of the question due to the scarcity of charging stations near most major highways. However, electric vehicle owners will soon have the chance to travel between Burlington, Vermont, and Montreal, Quebec, Canada, without the worry of losing a [âŚ]
June 21, 2013
Roadbuilding
Vermont transportation budget bill includes new gas tax
On Monday, Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin signed the stateâs transportation budget bill, which includes a new gas tax, Burlington Free Press reported. The new tax goes into effect today. The new gas tax is a 5.9-cents-per-gallon increase, which includes a 2-percent assessment on the price of gas and a 0.8-cent decrease on the per-gallon tax. According [âŚ]
May 1, 2013
Roadbuilding
Roll up the pavement: Gravel is making a comeback
Ever since the invention of the automobile, paved roads have meant progress. Now some cash-strapped towns and counties are finding progress too expensive, and they are tearing up battered roads and putting down gravel. The high price of pavement and the sour economy have driven municipalities in states such as Michigan, Pennsylvania, Indiana and Vermont [âŚ]
January 6, 2010
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