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Downtown Burlington projects: $28.8M in work under way, staff outlines mitigation for merchants

Burlington City Council · February 17, 2026
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Summary

City staff summarized several downtown construction projects — a >$16M utility rehab, parking repaving tied to a transportation bond, the Paramount Theater renovation and streetscape improvements — and described outreach and mitigation steps for local businesses.

Economic Development Director Adam Scholl, Downtown Manager Maggie Cookman and City Engineer Amy Rapplett briefed council on ongoing and upcoming downtown construction projects.

Scholl described four major projects: a multi-phase utility rehabilitation (roughly two miles of sewer and water main work) that began in May 2025 and is currently estimated to finish in mid- to late 2027 with a project cost quoted at approximately $16,000,000; parking-lot repaving…

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