Route 7 (Milton-Georgia) Corridor Plan 2022

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• town boundaries - black dashed line
• half mile buffer on corridor - black dotted line

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The corridor already contains several facilities that enable people to travel the corridor in ways other than personal vehicles.

Park and Ride Lots can be found at both ends of the corridor near the Interstate exits, with an additional one being scoped near Exit 17 off Route 2, and concepts for improving the Exit 18 lot.

Transit stops can be found along the corridor, with Green Mountain Transit providing regular service south towards Burlington and north towards St Albans.

The sidewalk network in Milton has also been expanding in recent years.

Improving and expanding for people walking, bicycling or taking the bus is important going forwards.

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Adjacent is a map that summarizes all the input from all sources and identifies potential next steps. Click on lines and points to learn more!

Project Goals

• Identify practical recommendations that are possible to implement in the short-term in combination with asset management investments such as paving and bridge projects
• Identify longer-term needs that may be addressed through other AOT and municipal programs. 

What is the timeline for implementing this Corridor Plan?

While implementation timelines have not yet been assigned for most locations, it is important to keep the plan focused on the relatively near-term, primarily looking at what can happen within the next 10 years.

• Short term - To be completed within the next 5 years. To be done through maintenance activities, incorporation within an existing project (most often a paving or bridge project), or is already included within a programmed project.
• Medium term - To be completed within a 5 - 10 year range. Work on the action item would start soon, but implementing the action item may take time due to funding availability, complexities of scope, harmonization or other similar reasons.
• Long term - Action item likely will not be implemented for at least 10 years, but work would start in the near term. Issues of funding, complexity of scope and project integration push the solution to this need out of the short term.
• Await harmonization opportunity (i.e. opportunity to incorporate into another project) - Next step does not have its own timeline and instead should await opportunity to "harmonize" with other projects.

Potential reasons for items to be pushed into medium or long term

• Coordination efforts with other partners – eg Town, other Agencies
• Funding availability from VTrans or seeking other funding sources
• Complexities of scope
• Additional study needed to refine recommendations
• Harmonization with other VTrans projects or coordination with municipal projects
• Town, regional or state policy changes needed to support project
• Traffic conditions have not yet met warrants but are anticipated to soon with anticipated local development

Remember, VTrans is not the entire solution! How can we get creative with our solutions?

For example, VTrans and Milton partnered to fund the Milton Hourglass project which included both state and local roads.

Some action items assign the role of "lead implementer" to entities outside of VTrans - such as Towns or RPCs.