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Montpelier council approves Country Club Road redesign, to seek disaster-recovery grant
Summary
The City Council approved a plan to regrade Country Club Road to a 12% slope, raise a section of U.S. Route 2, replace utilities and pursue disaster-recovery funding; supporters framed it as resilience and infrastructure investment, while some residents urged a pause for a master plan and preferred a multiuse path alternative.
The Montpelier City Council voted to approve the recommended Country Club Road infrastructure alternative and to pursue disaster-recovery and other grants to pay for the work. The approved plan calls for lowering the mid‑section of Country Club Road to a consistent 12% grade, elevating a portion of U.S. Route 2 at the Country Club intersection, centering a new streetscape in the right‑of‑way and replacing water and sewer lines for the corridor.
Councilors and staff say the project aims to fix a steep, inconsistent grade and to replace aging utilities in a single coordinated project. "We're proposing to reconstruct the road at 12% grade, center the streetscape within the right of way, to raise Route 2 to minimize the grade break at the rail crossing," said Kurt Monica, director of public works.
Why it matters: councilors and public‑works staff framed the proposal as an integrated infrastructure project that could be paid largely by federal disaster‑recovery funds and other grants. City planning…
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