ROCKINGHAM, Vt. (AP) - A plan by the Vermont Agency of Transportation to close a bridge over the Green Mountain Railroad in the town of Rockingham is being met with local objections.
The agency’s current plans call for closing the bridge on the Missing Link Road for about six weeks.
The Brattleboro Reformer reports the closure would create a 14-mile detour that residents and local businesses say would interrupt people’s lives and delay emergency responses to the area.
The existing bridge, built in 1929, is old, narrow and in poor condition, state officials said.
Select Board Chairman Gaetano Putignano urged the Agency of Transportation officials to do more planning, since the project is not expected to get underway for three years.
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