Residents meet to address Route 125 concerns

A June 16 meeting that kicked off the effort to enhance safety on a particularly deadly two-mile stretch of Route 125 in Cornwall drew so many participants that attendees at the Cornwall Town Hall had to drag in extra chairs to give everyone a seat.

For the first time since a severe Halloween rainstorm washed out about 500 feet of Route 125 along Lake Champlain in Addison, the state highway reopened for through traffic late on Monday afternoon.

The Vermont Agency of Transportation has begun the scoping process for plans to address the section of Route 125 near Cider Mill Road that has been the site of many accidents and even fatalities.

The road connecting the Lake Champlain Bridge to points south has been closed since November because of storm damage.

Nearly four months after a severe Halloween rainstorm washed away about 500 feet of Route 125 along Lake Champlain, the fix to the state highway remains about four months and more than $1 million away.

I am responding to the recent story in the Addison Independent: “Ripton streambed is getting major work.” I am a Ripton resident of Old Town Road and was gratified to learn from Laurie Cox that the reason a large excavator was sitting unused for several m … (read more)

I am responding to the recent story in the Addison Independent: “Ripton streambed is getting major work.” I am a Ripton resident of Old Town Road and was gratified to learn from Laurie Cox that the reason a large excavator was sitting unused for several m … (read more)

CORNWALL — Eleven months after Bridport, Cornwall and Middlebury leaders urged the Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) to “immediately” make major safety improvements to a notorious stretch of Route 125 near Cider Mill Road the road remains untouche … (read more)