Vermont 2025-2026 Regular Session

Vermont House Bill H0460 Compare Versions

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6	6	H.460 1
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8	8	Introduced by Representatives Bartholomew of Hartland, Burke of 3
9	9	Brattleboro, Chapin of East Montpelier, Dodge of Essex, Lalley 4
10	10	of Shelburne, Masland of Thetford, Morris of Springfield, 5
11	11	Pouech of Hinesburg, Satcowitz of Randolph, and Torre of 6
12	12	Moretown 7
13	13	Referred to Committee on 8
14	14	Date: 9
15	15	Subject: Transportation; bicycle paths; infrastructure; tourism; U.S. Route 5; 10
16	16	Connecticut River; active transportation; vulnerable user safety; 11
17	17	emissions reduction 12
18	18	Statement of purpose of bill as introduced: This bill proposes to designate 13
19	19	U.S. Route 5 for the approximately 190 miles from the State border with 14
20	20	Massachusetts to the State border with Quebec, Canada as a bicycle corridor. 15
21	21	This bill also proposes to require the Agency of Transportation to convene a 16
22	22	steering committee to guide the development and construction of a bicycle 17
23	23	route—consisting of one or more segments of bicycle lanes or bicycle paths, or 18
24	24	both—to provide a safe and comfortable means of bicycle travel along the 19
25	25	designated bicycle corridor. This bill also proposes to require the steering 20
26	26	committee to: (1) develop a plan to address, at a minimum, the facilitation and 21 BILL AS INTRODUCED H.460
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31	31	coordination of individual municipal projects to build active transportation 1
32	32	infrastructure needed to support the scenic, historic, and tourism goals of the 2
33	33	Connecticut River Byways Program, as well as the fiscal costs of construction 3
34	34	and maintenance of those projects and the U.S. Route 5 bicycle route; (2) 4
35	35	identify possible funding sources, logistical considerations, and the estimated 5
36	36	time frame for construction and completion of the projects and bicycle route; 6
37	37	(3) examine the possibility of a segmented or phased approach to construction 7
38	38	of the bicycle route; (4) evaluate the benefits of the projects to the tourism 8
39	39	industry in Vermont in general and to the municipalities along U.S. Route 5 in 9
40	40	particular; (5) coordinate the development of the bicycle route and municipal 10
41	41	projects with existing walking and bicycling facilities and rail trails; and (6) 11
42	42	develop the bicycle route and municipal projects in coordination with adjacent 12
43	43	municipalities in New Hampshire and the New Hampshire regional planning 13
44	44	commissions for those communities. The steering committee membership 14
45	45	shall include representatives from the tourism industry along U.S. Route 5; 15
46	46	managers of recreational facilities and rail trails along U.S. Route 5; 16
47	47	conservation organizations along the Connecticut River; organizations 17
48	48	dedicated to reducing greenhouse gas emissions from transportation; historic 18
49	49	preservation organizations from communities along U.S. Route 5; the Vermont 19
50	50	Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation’s Recreational Trails Program; 20 BILL AS INTRODUCED H.460
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55	55	the Vermont Trails and Greenways Council; and the Vermont Department of 1
56	56	Health. 2
57	57	An act relating to the development and construction of a bicycle path that 3
58	58	runs adjacent U.S. Route 5 4
59	59	It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont: 5
60	60	(TEXT OMITTED IN SHORT-FORM BILLS) 6