Vermont Agency of Transportation

The Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) is a Vermont executive agency (or cabinet agency). Its purpose is to develop and execute policy on transportation for the U.S. state of Vermont. The agency was created in 1979 by combining the departments of Highway, Motor Vehicles, Aeronautics and Public Transit. Neale Lunderville, Vermont's former Secretary of Civil and Military Affairs, is the current secretary of the agency.

In addition to highway building and maintenance, VTrans oversees 451 miles of state-owned railway and ten state-owned airports [http://www.aot.state.vt.us/history.htm] . VTrans also maintains 2 FCC licensed low power radio stations for broadcasting highway information, WDER-LP in Derby, WRAN-LP in Randolph.

VTrans Airports

The following airports are operated by VTrans:
*W.H. Morse State Airport located near Bennington
*Hartness State Airport located near Springfield
*Rutland/Southern Vermont Regional Airport
*Middlebury State Airport
*E.F. Knapp State Airport located near Barre/Montpelier in Berlin
*Caledonia County State Airport in Lyndonville
*Morrisville-Stowe State Airport
*John Boylan State Airport located in Island Pond
*Franklin County State Airport located in Highgate
*Newport State Airport

Only one of these airports, Rutland/Southern Vermont has scheduled air service (federally subsidized Essential Air Service (EAS) via Cape Air (a JetBlue code share partner) 3x per day to Boston Logan International Airport. VTrans does not operate Burlington International Airport.

External links

* [http://www.aot.state.vt.us/ Vermont Agency of Transportation website]
* [http://vermont.gov/index.shtml Government of Vermont portal]
* [http://www.uvm.edu/~vhnet/hertour/hthome05.html Vermont Heritage Network - Transportation]
*FMQ|WDER-LP
*FML|WDER-LP
*FMQ|WRAN-LP
*FML|WRAN-LP