Is Rail Vermont's Solution?

The bridges and roads of Vermont have seen there better days. Currently, their are approximately 1,609 town-owned bridges on Vermont's priority list - bridges in need of repair. Furthermore, Vermont bridges listed as structurally deficient rank ninth-worst in the nation in terms of percentages. All of this is costing Vermont quite a bit of money. One of the alternatives is to shift the traffic weight to rail. Although a long term goal, Richard Mazza, Chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee, says he hopes to see a large shift of traffic to rail in the next 4 to 5 years. [Source: Burlington Free Press]