Regional Planning Commission unveils draft Regional Plan 2026 future land‑use map for Rutland Town; public comments due May 21

The Rutland Regional Planning Commission presented the first public working draft of the Regional Plan 2026 and the regional future land‑use map to the Town of Rutland select board and members of the public, and the commission requested written comments on Rutland Town’s map by May 21.

“I’m Steph Eberk, planner with the Regional Planning Commission,” Steph Eberk said, introducing the third and final phase of public engagement for the plan update and explaining the statewide statutory requirements that shape the work.

Eberk said Act 181, passed in June of the previous year, standardized 11 new land‑use categories across Vermont and directed regional planning commissions to produce a regional future land‑use map that aligns with the categories. She told the board that Title 24, section 4348a defines required elements of a regional plan and that the regional plan is an eight‑year document the commission calls Regional Plan 2026.

On a reg…