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Welcome To Vermont
Vermont Facts
• Products of Vermont – Maple Syrup– Teddy Bears– Cheese– Arts and Crafts– Ice Cream– Chocolate & Coffee– Glassware & Pewter– Granite & Marble– Forestry Products
• State Transportation Fund– Gasoline tax 26.3% – Diesel tax 6.6% – Purchase and Use Tax
20.7% – Motor Vehicle Fees
30.8% – Other (titles, fines, and
overweight permits, etc.) 8.0%.
VTrans Items of Note
• Rapid Bridge Construction• SEP 14 – Preventive Maintenance Construction
Contracting Utilizing Maintenance Rental Agreements
• Design/Build• Tri-State Performance Measures with ME & NH• Interstate Truck Weight Pilot Project –Act of
Congress
Before Heading Home
• Purchase a new truck• Register it in Vermont• Fill the tank with fuel• Load the truck heaping
with Vermont-made products
• Take advantage of the Interstate Truck Weight Pilot
• Drive Safe through our work zones
VTrans – Working To Get You There
Vermont’s Fiscal Year 2011 Transportation Budget is the largest ever
VTrans – Working to get you “here”
• Photo of the team
Battle of Bennington Day – August 16 Vermont State Holiday
In the late summer of 1777, the Continental Army beat a hasty retreat toward Bennington. British and Hessians pursued, but were badly in need of supplies.
The Americans, carrying what is believed to be the first American flag into battle, defeated them before they could reach the supply depot at Bennington.
The British were forced to proceed to Saratoga without the supplies, where they met a stunning defeat that turned the tide of the Revolutionary War.
1969 – Burlington Airport Designated “International”
1962 – I-89 Burlington to Winooski Opens
1906 – Ticonderoga Constructed
1865 – City of Burlington Incorporated
1849 – Central Vermont Railroad Completed Service to Burlington
1823 – Champlain Canal Opens Connecting Lake to Hudson River
1791 – Vermont the 14th State
1609 – Samuel de Champlain Explores the Lake
Many Years AgoApproximate extentof the Champlain Sea10,000 years ago.
Many More Years Ago
23,000 years ago there would have been more than 8,000 feet of glacier over our heads
Chimney PointHistoric Site
NYSDEC Campground
VT Ferry Slips
NY Ferry Slips
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Fort St. Frederic
Pier & Lighthouse
LC Visitor’s Center
Crown PointHistoric Site
His Majesty’s Fort
Chimney Pt. Tavern
Historic Visitor’s Center
Have a Grand and Glorious Week