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Aug 9, 2012
Vermont won more than $3.1 million in Federal Highway
Administration competitive grants, including funds to repair the
Brown Covered Bridge in Shrewsbury, the congressional delegation
announced, Aug. 2.
Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep.
Peter Welch (D-Vt.) announced the awards. "Vermont fared very well
in this very competitive round of funding," they said. "These
grants will make possible important transportation projects that
will put people to work, attract new investments, make our
communities more livable, and spur new economic activity in
Vermont."
Of the nearly 1,500 requests submitted nationally, the following
projects were selected for funding:
• Brown Covered Bridge,
Shrewsbury
$850,000
• Longely Covered Bridge,
Montgomery
$850,000
• Maple Street Reconstruction,
Weathersfield
$631,090
• Burlington Traffic Improvement
$300,000
• St. Albans Lake
Street
$300,000
• Stone Valley Byway (Manchester to
Castleton)
$81,920
• The Shires of Vermont Byway (Pownell to
Manchester) $62,224
• Lake Champlain
Byway
$35,200
• Crossroad of Vermont Byway (West Rutland to
Hartford) $10,300
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