The Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) is a Vermont executive agency (or cabinet agency). Its purpose is to develop and execute policy on transportation for the U.S. state of Vermont. The agency was created in 1979 by combining the departments of Highway, Motor Vehicles, Aeronautics and Public Transit. Brian Searles was appointed Secretary in 2011; Sue Minter serves as Deputy Secretary.
In addition to highway building and maintenance, VTrans oversees 451 miles of state-owned railway and ten state-owned airports. VTrans also maintains two FCC licensed low power radio stations for broadcasting highway information: WAOT-LP in Derby, and WRAN-LP in Randolph.
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—Robert Benchley (1889–1945)