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MANCHESTER â âWe are still putting things back together; the cosmetic stage of the work is at least a week away,â Manchester Town Manager John OâKeefe told Gov. Phil Scott prior to the governorâs inspection Monday of flood damage sites in the Northshire.
Scott was joined by state Rep. Seth Bongartz, D-Bennington-4, state Sen. Brian Campion, D-Bennington, Erica Bornemann, the director of Vermont Emergency Management, and others during a tour of hard-hit roads and properties.
After the storms last week, Rootville Road, which extends up into the Green Mountain National Forest, had âan 8-foot canyonâ caused by raging water runoff, OâKeefe said. But the ditch is now filled in and the road passable in a vehicle except in one short section where it is passable on foot.