Dorset – Manchester Shared-use Path Scoping Study

The Town of Dorset is requesting proposals for production of a scoping study to identify alternatives, issues and costs and provide recommendations related to construction of a shared-use path facility in Dorset, VT, funded in part by the Federal Highway Administration and the Town of Dorset, through the Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) Municipal Assistance Section (MAS).

The project is a scoping study to evaluate alternatives for a new shared-use path to connect Dorset’s village center to the recently completed Manchester Rail Trail. Combined, the two paths would create a continuous 6.5 mile shared-use path linking Dorset’s village center to downtown Manchester along the VT30 corridor. The proposed study area is a 3.8-mile corridor from VT-30/Church St. intersection in Dorset, to the northern terminus of the Manchester Rail Trail at the North Rd./Squires Rd. intersection in