Class IV Town Road Project

In 2009, the WRP, Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional Commission, and Vermont Agency of Natural Resources worked together to inventory a subset of the Class 4 roads in the White River watershed. Project partners assessed 75 Class 4 roads and identified 26 priority roads in need of erosion control work.

VYCC project

In 2010, the WRP, Vermont Youth Conservation Corps (VYCC), and Vermont Agency of Natural Resources received funding from the Upper Connecticut River Mitigation and Enhancement Fund to employ a crew of high school students to implement a series of erosion control projects on a handful of high-priority Class 4 roads in Sharon, Norwich, and Tunbridge. For four weeks, the VYCC crew addressed water quality impairments identified by the WRP and its partners in 2009, by installing culvert headers, water bars, stone-lined ditches, and stone aprons.

Each of these project sites is located within 50 feet of a waterway, with documented sedimentation entering those waterways. By completing these projects, the WRP and its partners hope to reduce non-point source pollution and improve trout habitat.

For more information

To learn more about efforts to improve Vermont’s road systems, check out the NRCS Better Backroads program.