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The new Interstate 91 bridge carries about 20,000 vehicles a day, and it's expected to do so for at least the next 100 years.
But at a dedication held Sept. 12 for the $60 million structure, the emphasis was less on the bridge's function and more on its form.
After initial controversy about the structure's design, a compromise plan crafted with community input has resulted in an award-winning, 1,036-foot-long crossing that's meant to blend with the surrounding hills while also symbolizing the state's history and natural beauty.
“Everybody worked together, and this is what we have,” said state Sen. Jeanette White, D-Windham. “And it is stunning.”...
Will explosives be used to demolish radioactive structures at Vermont Yankee? It depends on whom you ask. State officials have filed testimony claiming NorthStar Group Services, which wants to buy and decommission the idled nuclear plant, plans to use explosives on “at least one” contaminated building. The department is...
Citing a lack of interest from prospective buyers, Entergy has taken its former Brattleboro headquarters off the real estate market. The three parcels include more than 66,000 square feet of building space located near Exit 3 of Interstate 91, and local officials had expressed hope that the site would...
On Sept. 15, a southern Vermont weather-alert transmission station, WXM68, went silent. Federal officials say the removal of the Ames Hill transmitter in Marlboro will lead to “an extended service outage” for some residents who use radio receivers to hear National Weather Service alerts. Officials are working to finalize a replacement transmission site, and other towers in the region will broadcast weather alert information. But some places likely won't have a signal for at least 30 days, said Stephen DiRienzo,
For Rich Holschuh, the Vermont Yankee property is rife with contradictions. On one hand, it's an idled, contaminated nuclear plant in need of the biggest environmental cleanup project Vermont has ever seen. On the other, it's part of the ancestral homeland of the Elnu Abenaki, the Native American tribe Holschuh is representing in the state's regulatory review of Vermont Yankee's proposed sale to a New York cleanup company. Now, those two versions of the site may be edging a little...
State regulators have signed off on a big security change at Vermont Yankee. The Vermont Public Utility Commission on Aug. 31 approved Entergy's plan to downsize the idled nuclear plant's “protected area” from 10.5 acres to 1.3 acres. The move is expected to save about $1.2 million per month, mostly in security costs. The commission overruled objections from Brattleboro-based New England Coalition, which had asked for a more extensive review of the plan. But the approval comes right on time...
Big solar may be coming to southern Vermont. New documents show that Connecticut-based Freepoint Solar has plans to develop three arrays - each capable of generating 20 megawatts of power - in Vernon, Shaftsbury, and Fair Haven. Only one array of that size has been approved in Vermont at this point. And large photovoltaic projects have spurred debates about siting and transmission capacity. But officials are taking a wait-and-see approach, given that many details of the Freepoint projects, including their...
A recent environmental assessment found no evidence of “new or different” nonradiological contamination at Vermont Yankee. That's good news for Entergy, which is trying to sell the idled Vernon nuclear plant to a New York-based decommissioning company. But officials at the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources aren't impressed. They say Entergy hasn't yet looked hard enough for contaminants like PCBs and oil that may be present at a plant that operated for 42 years before its 2014 shutdown. Without a...
