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Planners discuss VTrans Better Connections grants, sidewalk feasibility studies and Oct. 23 application deadline
Summary
Chair Rich Turner briefed the commission on VTrans Better Connections grants (deadline Oct. 23) and a potential sidewalk feasibility study estimated between $40,000 and $70,000; commissioners flagged the need to coordinate with the Selectboard and RPC.
Chair Rich Turner told commissioners that VTrans runs a Better Connections grant program and that the next VTrans meeting is Oct. 28; he said the grant application deadline is Oct. 23. Turner said demonstration projects include sidewalk crossings and that a sidewalk feasibility study would likely be needed before pursuing a construction grant.
"The next VTrans meeting is Oct. 28th and the deadline for Grants is Oct. 23rd," Turner said, adding that a sidewalk feasibility study could cost "maybe between $40 to $70,000." Commissioners discussed whether the Selectboard had interest and agreed the Planning Commission should raise the opportunity with the Selectboard and RPC.
