Towns face potential costs under new state road rules

A road shows erosion damage after heavy rain. File photo by Josh Larkin/VTDiggerCiting water quality concerns, Vermont officials are proposing a host of new standards aimed at significantly reducing road erosion.
But those standards may come with a steep cost in some towns.
The state Department of Environmental Conservation is taking public comment on a draft permit that will require all municipalities to inventory their roads by the end of 2020 and then, over the next 16 years, bring those road