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Throughout May 2024, crews worked on the Augusta Western Avenue bridge project with structural rock excavation and clearing ledge at abutment 2 footing.
By Chuck MacDonald
When a bridge goes from tight to right, people notice. Especially when that bridge is in the state capital. The Maine Department of Transportation (MDOT) decided to begin this transformation of the Western Avenue bridge located on U.S. Route 202 (Western Ave.) over Interstate 95 in Augusta. The old bridge, nearly 70 years old, was structurally deficient and had been struck many times from the traffic traveling underneath. The bridge did not have ADA sidewalks or proper shoulders. In a word, it was tight. The new bridge will be right. The project will include some 1,350 ft. of sidewalk, which will connect pedestrian access on both sides of the roadway. In addition to the sidewalk, the new bridge will have approximately 4 ft. of shoulder in each direction. The new bridge will be a two span, steel girder and concrete deck construction supervised by local contractor Reed & Reed. The new bridge will be approximately 2 ft. higher than the old one and should reduce the number of strikes made from oversized vehicles traveling below.
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Vt. Gov. Scott Waives Regulations to Speed Recovery From Recent Flooding Just days after a deluge flooded a broad swath of central and northern Vermont during the second week of July, Gov. Phil Scott waived a series of state regulations to assist the recovery effort. At least two people died as the remnants of Tropical Storm Beryl deluged central and northern Vermont late Wednesday, July 10, and early Thursday, July 11. More than 100 others were rescued from rising floodwaters, VTDigger reported. Scott signed an updated executive order early July 13 temporarily lifting
certain regulations pertaining to professional licensing, gravel and rock extraction, asphalt and concrete production, debris removal, motor vehicle registration and work in streams and wetlands. “With so much infrastructure damage, this is critical for towns and Vermonters to access the tools needed to move forward with repairs to roads, bridges, homes, and businesses,” Scott said in a written statement. The latest updates were added to an executive order the governor first issued in July 2023. At that time, he declared a state of
emergency as another storm was expected to wreak havoc on Vermont. He amended that order many times over the last year and, on July 10, used it as a vehicle to address the latest emergency. That day’s order implemented the state’s emergency operations plan, activated the Vermont National Guard, and suspended “relevant rules and permitting requirements” to respond to the storm. Scott’s updates on July 13 more specifically waived regulations in a number of areas on a temporary basis. see FLOODING page 14