Roundabouts Come to Putney Road: VTRANS 502 Hearing in Bratt- 3/7/13

Thursday's VTRANS meeting to present and discuss the Putney Road Master Plan and its many roundabouts packed the house in Brattleboro.

STATE OF VERMONT AGENCY OF TRANSPORTATION RE:BRATTLEBORO

STATE OF VERMONT
AGENCY OF TRANSPORTATION

RE:BRATTLEBORO STP 2000(23) NOTICE OF 19 V.S.A. SECTION 502 PUBLIC HEARING

The Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) hereby gives notice to property owners, parties interested in land or with rights in land, and municipalities affected by the proposed construction of the above-captioned transportation project, that VTrans will conduct a 19 V.S.A. Section 502 public hearing at 6:30 PM on Thursday, March 7, 2013, at the Brattleboro City Hall, Select Board Meeting Room, 230 Main Street, Brattleboro, Vermont. VTrans is holding this hearing to receive comments and suggestions for changes from interested persons. A court reporter will be available to transcribe questions or comments for the hearing record. There will be an Open Forum from 6:00 PM to 6:30 PM at the same location. The Open Forum will give an opportunity for interested parties to ask questions of VTrans representatives specific to their property.

All pertinent information developed by VTrans is available for public inspection and copying at VTrans' offices in Montpelier, Vermont. VTrans will accept oral or written statements or exhibits at the hearing and for ten (10) days after the hearing at VTrans' offices in Montpelier, Vermont. VTrans will make these materials part of the hearing record.

The project is described as follows: Beginning at a point in the Town of Brattleboro on US Route 5 at approximately 3.316 miles from the Guilford/Brattleboro town line and extending northerly approximately 1.248 miles to approximate mile marker 4.564 (bridge). Work to be performed under this project consists of full depth reconstruction of the roadway, construction of four roundabouts, retaining wall structures, drainage, landscaping, sidewalks and other related roadway items.

VTrans is notifying by certified mail all parties it knows who may be, but not necessarily will be, affected by the proposed project. VTrans cannot describe the parties actually affected by the proposed project or the exact extent to which the project will affect them until the final design plans are prepared after the hearing.

Members of the public may see a copy of the conceptual plans for this project at the office of the Town Clerk in Brattleboro, Vermont or at VTrans' Highway Safety & Design Office in Montpelier, Vermont. At the hearing, VTrans representatives will discuss relocation assistance programs and tentative schedules for right-of-way acquisition and construction.

Dated at Montpelier, Vermont, this 23rd day of January, 2013.

BRIAN R.SEARLES, SECRETARY
AGENCY OF TRANSPORTATION

VTrans ensures that all public meetings and locations are accessible to persons with disabilities. Any person with a disability may request accommodation in order to fully participate in any public meeting held by VTrans. Requests for translation, interpretive, or other services for accommodation, must be made at least ten (10) calendar days prior to the date of the meeting for which services are requested.

Please make requests to:
Jonathan Goddard
ADA Program Manager
VTrans Office of Civil Rights and Labor Compliance
One National Life Drive
Montpelier, VT 05633
(802)828-4002
jonathan.goddard@state.vt.us