Vermont (and the nation) has needed drastic legislative change for decades but the crux of the problems is voters need an epiphany. Good men have tolerated way too much for way too long.
Both parties need change but historical facts will show, in city after city; state after state; progressive democrats have been, by far, more responsible for creating the problem.
"Texas took legislative steps to streamline its own approval process and eliminate what the Texas Association of Business called unnecessary barriers to infrastructure construction. Where Vermont’s legislature has added regulatory layers, Texas lawmakers have been systematically removing them."
This links to a post about streamlining the PRESIDENTIAL PERMITTING PROCESS for bridges that connect Texas to Mexico. The approval is from the State Dept.... suggests to me either an incredibly sloppy researching or an article generated by AI that whoever runs the site didn't even bother to double check.... my first article here, it will be my last.
Ethan — you're right about the Texas reference, and I appreciate you flagging it. The Texas Association of Business source addresses the presidential permitting process for international bridges connecting Texas to Mexico, not domestic infrastructure approvals.
That's a material distinction, and the comparison didn't belong in this article. I've corrected the piece and added an editor's note.
I respectfully need to push back on "incredibly sloppy research." One sourcing error in a comparative claim inside a 3,000-word article built on VTrans project records, FHWA bridge bundling documentation, direct quotes from 14 named sources, and a timeline reconstructed from public records going back to 2017 — that's a correction, not a pattern.
Every publication makes them.
What matters is what you do when a reader catches one, and you're looking at the answer.
As a transportation planner, you're well positioned to engage with the substance of this article — the 12-year timeline from scoping study to projected completion on the Burlington-Winooski Bridge, the regulatory stack that every federally funded project must clear, and the question of whether Vermont's process adds time that other states have found ways to reduce.
The Georgia bridge bundling data, the FHWA documentation, the VTrans project records, and the sources quoted in this piece all stand on their own merits.
If you'd like to offer a professional perspective on Vermont's infrastructure delivery timelines — on the record — I'd welcome it: news@compassvermont.com.
Vermont (and the nation) has needed drastic legislative change for decades but the crux of the problems is voters need an epiphany. Good men have tolerated way too much for way too long.
Both parties need change but historical facts will show, in city after city; state after state; progressive democrats have been, by far, more responsible for creating the problem.
"Texas took legislative steps to streamline its own approval process and eliminate what the Texas Association of Business called unnecessary barriers to infrastructure construction. Where Vermont’s legislature has added regulatory layers, Texas lawmakers have been systematically removing them."
This links to a post about streamlining the PRESIDENTIAL PERMITTING PROCESS for bridges that connect Texas to Mexico. The approval is from the State Dept.... suggests to me either an incredibly sloppy researching or an article generated by AI that whoever runs the site didn't even bother to double check.... my first article here, it will be my last.
Ethan — you're right about the Texas reference, and I appreciate you flagging it. The Texas Association of Business source addresses the presidential permitting process for international bridges connecting Texas to Mexico, not domestic infrastructure approvals.
That's a material distinction, and the comparison didn't belong in this article. I've corrected the piece and added an editor's note.
I respectfully need to push back on "incredibly sloppy research." One sourcing error in a comparative claim inside a 3,000-word article built on VTrans project records, FHWA bridge bundling documentation, direct quotes from 14 named sources, and a timeline reconstructed from public records going back to 2017 — that's a correction, not a pattern.
Every publication makes them.
What matters is what you do when a reader catches one, and you're looking at the answer.
As a transportation planner, you're well positioned to engage with the substance of this article — the 12-year timeline from scoping study to projected completion on the Burlington-Winooski Bridge, the regulatory stack that every federally funded project must clear, and the question of whether Vermont's process adds time that other states have found ways to reduce.
The Georgia bridge bundling data, the FHWA documentation, the VTrans project records, and the sources quoted in this piece all stand on their own merits.
If you'd like to offer a professional perspective on Vermont's infrastructure delivery timelines — on the record — I'd welcome it: news@compassvermont.com.
Much appreciated,
Tom Davis, Publisher
Great story!