On behalf of Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission (CCRPC) and the City of Burlington (City), Stone Environmental, Inc. (Stone) completed in June 2022 a Right of Way Condition Inventory for Stormwater Management within Burlington Wards 2 and 3. A summary of the inventory and tasks completed are described below. Data from the project is in two web maps Soil Boring Status Map and BTV Soil and Utility ROW Assessment Map. See section 1. Introduction to click on embedded web links to these maps.

Tanglewood Drive, between Cindy Lane and Woodlawn Drive, is a relatively low-volume car-oriented street in the Town of Essex with no accommodations for bicycles and pedestrians. There is also recurring problems with the outlet to the closed drainage system that has resulted in significant erosion near the outlet adjacent to Fern Hollow Road. This study developed alternatives to address the stormwater issues and offer improvements for walking and biking. A preferred alternative was approved by the Essex Selectboard in September 2021.

Final report available here: https://www.oldspokeshome.com/one-mobility-audit The Old North End (ONE) is Burlington’s most economically, ethnically, and socially diverse community. The historically working-class neighborhood is a vibrant collective of arts, food, small business, and community-centered services, and is home to much of Burlington’s lower-income and migrant populations. This neighborhood mobility audit by the Old Spokes Home (bike shop and non-profit) sought to identify transportation investments that will improve pedestrian, bicycle, and transit access for traditionally underserved residents within the ONE to area jobs and essential services. A survey of those residents helped the project team to understand residents’ specific experiences, needs and barriers. Recommendations are made to enhance walking, biking, and transit connections to area jobs and essential services (e.g., shopping, educational centers, medical care facilities, etc.) at a neighborhood level, as well as suggestions on how to involve and engage traditionally underserved populations in planning projects.

A stormwater outfall just southwest of Elm St drains into a ravine that flows into wetlands within the Winooski River floodplain. Flow from the outfall was dropping into a channel before draining into the ravine. The drop below the outfall is several feet, and, prior to retrofit, the channel surface was bare soil. As a result, flow from the outfall was eroding the channel, sending sediment into the ravine and the downstream wetlands. The goal of the project was to develop a final design to stabilize the channel with geotextiles and controlled fills and raise grades below the outfall to dissipate energy during flows. The project required building temporary access to the channel and associated temporary erosion control measures. The project will reduce erosion from the channel and reduce sedimentation of the downstream wetlands. NOTE: Using this design, the City then constructed this stabilization project in the fall of 2020 using a VTRANS Better Roads grant along with City funds.

The East Allen Street Gateway Enhancements Scoping Study examines the East Allen Street (Vermont Route 15) corridor from the Winooski Circulator east through the I-89 interchange to Roland Court to identify a suite of transportation and streetscape recommendations that improve safety and enhance accommodations for all modes along this important gateway into Winooski.

This project developed Final Design Plans and a Cost Estimate for road and drainage improvements for Beebe Lane located within lands managed by the Lake Iroquois Recreation District within the Town of Williston.

This study focused on evaluation of traffic signal systems for eleven intersections along the Vermont Route 15 corridor in Winooski, Colchester, and Essex for compliance with current signal design standards and for their ability to support new traffic control technologies. Recommended traffic signal infrastructure improvements were identified and prioritized. Cost estimates for these improvements were also provided.

This assessment includes a general evaluation of the current Marketplace existing conditions identifying areas in need of maintenance, as well as conceptual reconstruction plans for the Church and Bank Streets intersection and the Church and College Streets intersection.

This Scoping Study evaluating possible improvements to the Amtrak Train Station in Essex Junction and evaluated access and circulation improvements in the station area.