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Winooski outlines $28.2M Main Street rebuild with bond and USDA financing; outreach targets New Americans

Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission Transportation Advisory Committee · April 1, 2026
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Winooski staff reported a $28.2 million Main Street reconstruction—$22 million construction contract—funded through a $23 million bond and $5.5 million in grants; USDA financing at 3.125% will add about $800,000/year in general fund debt. Staff highlighted extensive utility work, undergrounding, and multilingual outreach to New Americans.

Jon Rauscher, presenting Winooski’s Main Street Revitalization project, described a full reconstruction that replaces utilities, undergrounds aerial lines and reconfigures the corridor to include a northbound bike lane, southbound bike sharrows, wider sidewalks, street trees and new crosswalks.

Rauscher presented the project cost and financing: a $28.2 million…

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