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Committee leans toward preferring both bike/ped projects and salt/sand sheds in Transportation Alternatives changes
Summary
Legislative staff and stakeholders briefed the committee on H944 (Transportation Alternatives): staff described raising maximum grant awards (temporary FY27 increase to $1.2M, permanent $600K cap) and three prioritization options; members indicated a preference to allow prioritization for both bike/pedestrian projects and salt/sand sheds to avoid leaving federal dollars unspent.
Legislative staff told the Natural Resources & Energy Committee that H944 would change prioritization and grant maximums in Vermont’s Transportation Alternatives program — federal transportation block grant money administered for projects such as bike/pedestrian infrastructure, scenic turnouts, historic transportation preservation, culverts, stormwater work and, in some cases, salt/sand sheds.
"This is federal money. It is use‑it‑or‑lose‑it money," legislative staff said, explaining a FY27 one‑year rise to $1.2 million in maximum grant awards, with a permanent cap reverting to…
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