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Regional planning commissions tell lawmakers they are 'our towns,' with transportation central to many programs
Summary
Representatives of Vermont's regional planning commissions told a legislative panel that RPCs serve every town as state political subdivisions, provide one-on-one technical assistance and rely on a braided mix of state, federal and local funding—with the Transportation Planning Initiative (TPI) central to their work.
Representatives of Vermont’s regional planning commissions told a legislative panel that RPCs act as a link between state government and towns and provide one-on-one technical assistance, with transportation woven into many of their programs.
"We are our towns," an RPC presenter said, describing the commissions as political subdivisions of the state and noting that their boards are appointed by municipal officials so every town has a voice. That governance structure, presenters said, makes the commissions accountable to local officials.
The commissions highlighted the Transportation Planning Initiative (TPI) as a long-running core program that funds local technical assistance for road, bridge and multimodal planning. RPC speakers told lawmakers TPI funds daily work such as traffic counts, grant-writing, culvert inventories and…
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