BURLINGTON — Environmental, energy and transportation groups have thrown their support behind a $220 million redevelopment of the current Burlington Town Center.
The Conservation Law Foundation, the Vermont Natural Resource Council, the Vermont Energy Investment Corporation, the Burlington Electric Commission, and the Chittenden County Regional Transportation Commission all publicly support the new mall and housing complex planned for downtown Burlington.
Chris Kilian, director of the Conservation Law Foundation, said the zoning district that will be created to accommodate the center project sets a “visionary standard for managing stormwater pollution” and reduces stormwater runoff from roads, sidewalks, buildings, and rooftops into Lake Champlain.
Killian and others are urging Burlington voters to support a pair of ballot initiatives, Questions 3 and 4 on the November ballot, which would create a new downtown zoning district that would allow the redevelopment to move forward, and $22 million in bonding to pay for public roadways through the project.