Construction begins Monday on chicanes on VT-108 to combat notch ‘stuckages’ [Video]

CROSSWALK WHEN HE WAS HIT. HE DIED AT THE SCENE. STARTING THIS WEEK– CONSTRUCTION WILL BEGIN BETWEEN JEFFERSONVILLE AND STOWE ON VERMONT ROUTE 108… AS V-TRANS BEGINS WORK ON A áááNEW WAY TO PREVENT TRUCKS FROM GETTING STUCK IN SMUGGLERS NOTCH. NBC5’S SID BEWLAY HAS MORE ON WHAT DRIVERS CAN EXPECT TO SEE THIS SEASON IN THE NOTCH. IF YOU LIVE IN VERMONT — YOU’VE PROBABLY HEARD OF STUCKAGES IN SMUGGLERS NOTCH ON ROUTE 108… IT’S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A BIG TRUCK, GETS STUCK IN THE PASS. <TODD SEARS, AGENCY OF TRANSPORTATION; “IT’S NOTORIOUSLY TRICKY, IT’S VERY, VERY TIGHT. IT’S GOT SHARP, SHARP ANGLES. AND CONSEQUENTLY, WE HAVE TRACTOR TRAILERS THAT GET STUCK.”> AFTER YEARS OF WORKING WITH LOCALS , ASKING FOR PUBLIC INPUT, AND COMPILING DATA… VERMONT’S AGENCY OF TRANSPORTATION IS GOING TO TRY A áááNEW METHOD THIS SEASON, TO PREVENT TRACTOR TRAILERS FROM GETTING STUCK GETTING STUCK ON …