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Vermont rail bureau corrects broadband revenue figure; committee presses need to review utility rates last changed in 2004
Summary
At a Jan. 7 Senate Transportation hearing, the state's rail bureau director corrected a previously distributed broadband revenue figure and told lawmakers that utility lease rates on rail right-of-way have not been updated since about 2004; land‑lease rates were reviewed in 2024. Lawmakers asked for historical authority and comparisons with private railroads and other states.
Bridal Delabrio, rail bureau director, told the Senate Transportation committee on Jan. 7 that a previously posted broadband revenue number in the bureau's annual report was incorrect and that she provided an updated spreadsheet to the committee.
"The $148,003.11 is incorrect," Delabrio said, apologizing for a mapping and summation error in the original file. She said the spreadsheet contains additional broadband revenue that was not included in the earlier total; the corrected aggregate was not specified verbatim in the transcript provided to the committee.
The committee used the hearing to press the bureau on how it…
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