Middlebury easement policy takes shape

The town effort to draft a policy comes in wake of citizens petition that forced an Oct. 1 vote asking residents to affirm — or reject — a decision the selectboard made this past June to grant a free easement through the town green for a natural gas service line to St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church at 3 Main St.

Think twice before signing a Middlebury Regional Planning easement. I speak about the sidewalk through the Pulp Mill Bridge area.

MIDDLEBURY — The Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) has agreed to pay a combined total of $5 million for easements on 27 separate downtown Middlebury properties within the footprint of the massive railroad bridges replacement project that will last … (read more)