Rep. Will Greer seeks repeal of 1959 restriction to let Bennington town maintain Old Bennington roads

Representative Will Greer, sponsor of H.404, told the House Government Operations & Military Affairs Committee that the Village of Old Bennington has for years sought to shift highway maintenance to the Town of Bennington because the village’s current contract arrangements are "astronomically expensive" and the town can achieve economies of scale.

The bill, Greer said, would repeal section 3 of 1959 Acts and Resolves No. 300 so that the town highway commissioner could have authority over village roads and the town could collect and use highway-related taxes from property in the village. Greer said the village plans a local vote on April 22 (originally scheduled for April 1) and asked the committee whether any specific voting method would be…