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In Charlotte, Hinesburg: floods wreak havoc on town roads LIBERTY DARR STAFF WRITER
While most of Chittenden County skirted by relatively unscathed during historic flooding that wreaked havoc on the state last July, this year — exactly to the day — was an entirely different story, leaving road crews, residents and town officials in Hinesburg and Charlotte still working to assess damages and make repairs a week later. A drive to the southern portion of Chittenden County on Thursday morning last week was filled with impassable roads, damaged asphalt, bustling road crews and a lot fewer cars than usual. In Charlotte, which saw nearly 5.3 inches of rain overnight on Wednesday last week, road commissioner Junior Lewis — the hero of this town’s flood story — worked around the clock for most of the week assessing damage and making repairs. As of Monday, he was still getting calls off the hook, with nearly 67 messages left on his phone during a peak repair time last week. Six roads in town were closed, but by Monday only two remained closed, with repairs on Thompson’s Point nearly finished. But the most notable destruction See FLOODING on page 10
PHOTO BY LEWIS MUDGE
A section of Spear Street in Charlotte between Lime Kiln and Carpenter roads was completely destroyed due to a failed culvert during heavy rains on July 10.
Contentious zoning changes nixed by selectboard LIBERTY DARR STAFF WRITER
The future of a controversial zoning change in Hinesburg remains uncertain after selectboard members rejected the
proposal last week and kicked it back to the planning commission for more work. Despite remaining split since a meeting last month, board members voted unanimously to send it back to the commission, which now must decide when to undertake
revisions as it simultaneously works to revise the town plan. Changes to the Rural Residential 1
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