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DRB closes hearing on Burlington Airport recreation path after budget breakdown; staff flags stormwater timing and tree protections
Summary
The South Burlington DRB closed the public hearing on a 4,000‑linear‑foot recreational path at Burlington International Airport after the applicant provided a detailed budget breakdown; the board left unresolved timing tied to underground stormwater chambers and requested refined tree and guardrail plans.
South Burlington, Vt. — The South Burlington Development Review Board voted May 6 to close the public hearing for site plan SB2517, an application from the City of South Burlington for a portion of an approved airport master plan that would construct approximately 4,000 linear feet of a recreation path and associated landscaping on airport-owned parcels between Airport Road and Dumont Avenue (1200 Airport Drive).
Jackie (applicant team) confirmed the project cost estimates and a landscaping break‑out on the record: the rec path cost estimate shown in the packet was $578,220 and the tree costs were $67,600, which the applicant said equal the submitted landscape budget total of $645,820. “That 578,220 that was shown for the cost estimate of the rec path plus 67,600 … does equal the 645,820. So the landscape budget spreadsheet that was submitted is accurate,” Jackie told the board.
The board’s discussion focused on several technical and implementation matters: how to account for…
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