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Proposals Made To Improve Town and Village Roads Bennington
The plan recommends a railroad corridor highway linking the business district to the major interchange north of the village to ease traffic on Depot and North streets. It proposes widening South Street to Elm and Stark, extending streets along the railroad ROW from Soule to Elm, rerouting Ben Mont Avenue to Main Street opposite Dewey Street, and constructing a major east west street to connect Dewey Putnam and South. It notes poor design on Imperial Avenue Fairview Terrace and Beech Beech and South Branch streets with calls for engineering study and village resolve. It also discusses a planned bypass interchange at Main and U.S.7 requiring Burgess Road land, improved intersections at Gage Street Extension and Main, belt-system County Street usage, relocating Union Street through the park, widening North Branch Street, and realigning curves at Old Bennington Old Stone Church area with potential U.S.7 connector relief. The report emphasizes Old Bennington and North Bennington sections needing improvements and warns of blight if streets are built up without standards.