- City:
- Montpelier, VT
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels
- New Deal Agencies:
- Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA), Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Description
Montpelier’s 40th Annual Report details many roadwork projects undertaken in 1934 with Vermont Emergency Relief Administration (VERA) funds, including: “Town[e] Hill Road, short section, excavation, stone base and graveling”.
In 1939 the Works Progress Administration (WPA) “resurfaced with gravel from Cutler Cemetery Road to East Montpelier line.”
Source notes
Annual Report of the City of Montpelier, 1935 (pg. 39).
Annual Report of the City of Montpelier, 1940 (pg. 61).
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on February 22, 2018.
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