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BCRC representative flags regional-plan revisions and possible rail extension through Massachusetts into New York

Town of Dorset Planning Commission · October 1, 2024
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Summary

Commissioner David McAneny reported on Bennington County Regional Commission work, citing an amendment to the Bennington Town Plan, forthcoming Regional Plan revisions, and a possible rail extension across northern Massachusetts into Albany, NY passing through Adams and Pownal.

Commissioner David McAneny provided the commission with a brief report from the Bennington County Regional Commission. McAneny said the BCRC is working on an amendment to the Bennington Town Plan and future revisions to the Regional Plan. He also mentioned discussion of a potential rail extension "across northern boundary of Massachusetts into Albany, NY, through Adams, MA and Pownal, VT."

McAneny's report was informational; no formal action or direction to staff was recorded in the minutes. The commission acknowledged the regional planning updates as part of routine intergovernmental coordination and proceeded with the evening's agenda.