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Agency of Transportation proposes $7.5 million rescission: project delays, service reductions and staffing savings
Summary
Agency testimony to joint committees detailed a $7.5 million rescission plan that delays projects (Springfield garage, Rutland rail platform), eliminates contracted tree cutting and some culvert work, cancels a permitting technology contract and counts $2.254 million in position-management savings after a reduction-in-force.
At a joint House Transportation and Ways & Means hearing, Agency of Transportation financial officer Candace Selfish presented a rescission plan required by a July revenue downgrade that reduces Transportation Fund liquidity by about $7.5 million.
Selfish walked members through specific line items. The plan includes a $270,000 reduction in approved carryforward for fall highway projects; a delay to the Springfield garage project tied to a municipal waterline extension; a delay to the Rutland snow removal equipment building and the Rutland Amtrak platform construction (together shifting construction into…
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