Circ Highway Plan Stalls

Governor Peter Shumlin announced that the long-planned Chittenden County Circumferential Highway around Burlington won’t be built.
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EPA Against Redesigned Circ Highway

The federal Environmental Protection Agency has come out against a new plan for the Chittenden County Circumferential Highway. The EPA says the redesigned roadway would cause unacceptable damage to wetlands and streams.
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Circumferential Highway Gets New Design

The state Transportation Agency is changing the design of the Circumferential Highway in an effort to win approval from federal agencies. Officials have re-designed the roadway to avoid destroying some wetlands. The change came after the Environmental Protection Agency opposed the original plan for a limited access highway.