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South Burlington city manager outlines $84 million in capital projects, bridge delay to 2028
Summary
City Manager Jesse Baker told the steering committee the city is managing major infrastructure work including a wastewater upgrade and a walk-bike bridge over I‑89 that officials now expect to finish in 2028; Baker also described operational authority limits under Vermont law and listed near-term staffing and modernization priorities.
City Manager Jesse Baker told the South Burlington steering committee on a June 2025 evening that the city is managing roughly $84 million in capital projects and several staffing transitions while operating under limits set by state law.
Baker said the most visible project is a walk‑and‑bike bridge over Interstate 89, which the city put out to bid and expects to complete in July 2028 after bidders warned that manufacturing lead times required pushing the original date. "We expect it to be completed July 2028," Baker said. He described the project as roughly a $24,000,000 effort that has two federal grants that together total about $41,000,000.
The bridge and other work sit alongside the city's largest ongoing infrastructure program: upgrades to the Bartlett Bay wastewater treatment plant. "The biggest 1, Public Works. And the largest asset we own is the, is Airport…
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