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Vermont transportation chief tells committee 2025 work strengthened bridges, highways and DMV services
Summary
Secretary Joe Flynn told the legislative transportation committee that AOT completed major work in 2025 — including I‑89 Exit 17 reconstruction, 29 rail bridge upgrades and a $50 million DMV core system modernization — and outlined plans to rebuild the central garage with FEMA support.
Secretary Joe Flynn presented the Vermont Agency of Transportation’s (AOT) 2025 progress report to the legislative transportation committee on Jan. 8, highlighting major bridge, highway and DMV projects and describing the agency’s priorities for the coming budget cycle.
Flynn said the department finished complex work at I‑89 Exit 17 in Colchester and credited careful staging for "truly very little interruption" to commuters. He told the committee the rail division "reconstructed 29 bridges" in 2025 and that roughly 164 of 171 rail bridges meet the 286,000‑pound freight standard, a significant improvement from about 30% fifteen years ago. "My goal is to highlight the agency accomplishments for 2025," Flynn said during his introduction.
Flynn framed the…
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