House passes transportation budget focused on bridges, roadway improvements

Joe Flynn, the secretary of the Agency of Transportation. File photo by Erin Mansfield/VTDigger
The House passed a $612 million transportation budget Wednesday. The Vermont Agency of Transportation says the spending bill will allow the state to invest in roadway and bridge construction and energy efficient transit in fiscal year 2019.
The proposed budget in the miscellaneous transportation bill, H.917, would increase funding for bridge projects and roadway improvements by millions. It would also