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Welcome To Vermont

Vermont Facts

• Products of Vermont – Maple Syrup– Teddy Bears– Cheese– Arts and Crafts– Ice Cream– Chocolate & Coffee– Glassware & Pewter– Granite & Marble– Forestry Products

• State Transportation Fund– Gasoline tax 26.3% – Diesel tax 6.6% – Purchase and Use Tax

20.7% – Motor Vehicle Fees

30.8% – Other (titles, fines, and

overweight permits, etc.) 8.0%.

VTrans Items of Note

• Rapid Bridge Construction• SEP 14 – Preventive Maintenance Construction

Contracting Utilizing Maintenance Rental Agreements

• Design/Build• Tri-State Performance Measures with ME & NH• Interstate Truck Weight Pilot Project –Act of

Congress

Before Heading Home

• Purchase a new truck• Register it in Vermont• Fill the tank with fuel• Load the truck heaping

with Vermont-made products

• Take advantage of the Interstate Truck Weight Pilot

• Drive Safe through our work zones

VTrans – Working To Get You There

Vermont’s Fiscal Year 2011 Transportation Budget is the largest ever

VTrans – Working to get you “here”

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Battle of Bennington Day – August 16 Vermont State Holiday

In the late summer of 1777, the Continental Army beat a hasty retreat toward Bennington. British and Hessians pursued, but were badly in need of supplies.

The Americans, carrying what is believed to be the first American flag into battle, defeated them before they could reach the supply depot at Bennington.

The British were forced to proceed to Saratoga without the supplies, where they met a stunning defeat that turned the tide of the Revolutionary War.

1969 – Burlington Airport Designated “International”

1962 – I-89 Burlington to Winooski Opens

1906 – Ticonderoga Constructed

1865 – City of Burlington Incorporated

1849 – Central Vermont Railroad Completed Service to Burlington

1823 – Champlain Canal Opens Connecting Lake to Hudson River

1791 – Vermont the 14th State

1609 – Samuel de Champlain Explores the Lake

Many Years AgoApproximate extentof the Champlain Sea10,000 years ago.

Many More Years Ago

23,000 years ago there would have been more than 8,000 feet of glacier over our heads

Chimney PointHistoric Site

NYSDEC Campground

VT Ferry Slips

NY Ferry Slips

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Fort St. Frederic

Pier & Lighthouse

LC Visitor’s Center

Crown PointHistoric Site

His Majesty’s Fort

Chimney Pt. Tavern

Historic Visitor’s Center

Have a Grand and Glorious Week