The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
(Cite as: 19 V.S.A. § 10m)
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§ 10m. Statement of policy; sustainable building components; annual report
(a) Policy. It shall be the State’s policy to use sustainable building components, including recycled
materials and manufacturing byproducts, in all maintenance, construction, and improvement
projects within the State’s Transportation Program to the extent that sources of quality
sustainable building components are available and the use is consistent with producing
transportation assets with a demonstrated evidence of long-term durability.
(b) Specifications. The Agency shall define its performance and related specifications and contract bid
documents to allow and, as practicable, encourage the use of sustainable building
components.
(c) Recycled asphalt pavement. Recycled asphalt pavement (RAP) shall be used on all Agency paving projects to the
extent sources of RAP of a quality comparable to hot mix asphalt is available. The
Agency shall define paving project specifications and contract bid documents to allow
for the use of up to 50 percent RAP.
(d) Research and testing. The Agency is encouraged to continue researching, testing, and, wherever practicable,
using sustainable building components, pozzolans, and alternatives to Portland Cement
as part of the construction specifications for all transportation infrastructure projects.
(e) Annual report. The Agency, in consultation with the Recycled Materials Working Group, shall, during
each session of the General Assembly, provide an oral report to the House and Senate
Committees on Transportation on the use of sustainable building components in maintenance,
construction, and improvement projects within the State’s Transportation Program. (Added 2021, No. 184 (Adj. Sess.), § 56, eff. July 1, 2022.)