The City of
Winooski

The City of Winooski was established on March 7, 1922. It is located in Northwest Vermont, just across the Winooski River from Burlington at the heart of Chittenden County. Its award-winning “Smart Growth” downtown, beautiful Winooski River, and vibrant business sector make Winooski a very dynamic and exciting place to live and work. Winooski is proud to be a designated Refugee Resettlement community and home to many diverse newcomers to our country. As the most diverse community in the state, and with over 30 languages spoken by residents, Winooski offers a cultural richness not available in many other places in Vermont.

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CURRENT PROJECTS:

Lafountain and Dion Street Scoping StuDy

The CCRPC, in partnership with the City of Winooski, is conducting a scoping study of Lafountain and Dion Streets. The study will examine alternatives to the street’s configuration with a focus on enhancing the street for walking, biking, and urban tree planting. The study aims to achieve consensus on a conceptual alternative that the City can then work toward implementing.

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wINOOSKI wALK bIKE pLAN

The CCRPC, with help from consultant VHB, is working with the City of Winooski to create comprehensive walk/bike plan. The plan will provide the vision for a connected network of walking and biking facilities that gets people safely to where they want to go. The final plan will include a prioritized set of infrastructure recommendations with planning level cost estimates.

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WINOOSKI PARKING INVENTORY, ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT PLAN

The City of Winooski, with assistance from CCRPC and RSG, seeks to develop a parking inventory, analysis, and management plan. The project includes a review of parking demand and supply within specific sections of the city; investigation and evaluation of various management strategies including enforcement, regulations, pay and fee structures, and metering options; and subsequent revisions to ordinances and the land development regulations.

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east allen street gateway scoping study

The East Allen Street Scoping Study advances the planning efforts for the East Allen Street corridor undertaken as part of the Winooski Transportation Master Plan and the Winooski Gateway Corridors Form Based Code. These planning efforts offered a vision for increased safety and mobility for all roadway users, improved streetscape amenities, and enhanced economic development opportunities along the major gateway corridors in Winooski.

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winooski MASTER PLAN

The Winooski Planning Commission, with assistance from the CCRPC, drafted, developed, and finalized a revisioning of the City’s Master Plan. In doing so, the new rewrite conforms to the sections in City’s guiding Strategic Vision Statement.

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winooski main street revitalization project

The City of Winooski is planning to complete a full reconstruction of the Winooski Main Street corridor from the New England Central railroad bridge north to the Colchester Town line (approximately 4,000 feet). The reconstruction project includes upgrades to existing water, wastewater, electric and telecommunication, stormwater, roadway, streetscape, traffic, and landscape elements within the public right-of-way. Community input is vital in deciding how this project supports Winooski’s Municipal Master Plan, Transportation Master Plan, forwards the intention of the City’s Form Based Code zoning, and benefits the long-term needs of the community.

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WINOOSKI RIVER BRIDGE SCOPING STUDY

Beginning in the spring of 2017 and extending into next summer, the CCRPC, along with the Cities of Burlington and Winooski and other partner organizations, and the public, will start an important project that connects the two cities. The bridge over the Winooski River is approaching 90 years old and nearing the end of its expected useful life. For both structural, as well as functional reasons, this bridge will require significant improvements, perhaps outright replacement, in the not-too-distant future.

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WINOOSKI TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN

The Winooski TMP will seek to balance all modes of transportation within the existing public right-of-way and will provide a comprehensive list of roadway, transit, bicycle, pedestrian, and streetscape improvement recommendations that satisfy the overall vision for the City of Winooski. The Winooski TMP will be visionary but it will also include an action plan with low-cost improvements that the City could advance in the short term.

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PAST PROJECTS:

Municipal Plan Review:

CCRPC February 1, 2016