EAST HARDWICK – The Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) recently announced a Lamoille Valley Rail Trail (LVRT) closure for all users between Brickhouse Road, at milepost 30.63 and Pumpkin Lane at milepost 32, located in East Hardwick.
The East Hardwick Neighborhood Organization last week said, “the East Hardwick walking group will continue to meet on the trail at Stephens Lane, Mondays and Fridays at 9:30 a.m.
A formal detour was not announced, nor was an expected length of the closure. Travel westbound from Brickhouse Road, to avoid the closed section and Vt. Rte. 16, is possible by going uphill on Brickhouse Road, which turns into Hardwick Farms Road, then turning left at Hardwick Farms onto Porter Brook Road and left again onto Pumpkin Lane to reconnect with the trail before it intersects Vt. Rte. 16.
VTrans said, “Flood damage repairs to the Lamoille Valley Rail Trail (LVRT) will continue during the 2025 construction season” and “temporary closures for repairs are anticipated through 2026.”
The LVRT is also closed for less than a mile in West Danville and roughly five and a half miles in St. Johnsbury. Work on the St. Johnsbury section has recently begun. Trail information is available at railtrails.vermont.gov/trails/lamoille-valley-rail-trail.
Paul Fixx is editor of The Hardwick Gazette and lives in Hardwick.
