The Vermont Agency of Transportation (AOT) announced last week, May 24, their awards for the SFY24 Municipal Roads Grants-in-Aid Program.
The program provides funding to municipalities to implement management best practices in accordance with the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Municipal Roads General Permit.
233 municipalities are participating in the program this year, with a total of approximately $4 million in awards being granted.
Municipalities will be required to submit reimbursement requests directly to AOT for work completed for AOT to then reimburse up to 80% of the municipality’s documented construction expenses.
According to the program standards, the following best management practices are eligible:
- Grass and stone-lined drainage ditches and stone check-dams
- Turnouts, cross culverts, and other disconnection and infiltration practices
- Lowering of high road shoulders
- Installation or replacement of drainage culverts and driveway culverts on nonperennial streams within right of way and installation of culvert headwalls
- Stabilizing conveyance zones
- Addressing gully erosion on Class 4 roads
- Stabilizing catch basin outlets
More information and the municipal award totals are available on the AOT website.
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Source: Vermont Agency of Transportation Press Release
