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Montpelier, Vermont - February 19, 2009
The Douglas Administration will permanently close three interstate rest areas that were temporarily closed earlier this month.
The facilities in Highgate and Hartford and the southbound rest area in Sharon will either be torn down or sold. We should emphasize it's the southbound Sharon rest area-- not the northbound which is a memorial to Vietnam Vets.
The Randolph rest area will close later this month but will re-open next year. And in July the state plans to reduce the hours of operation at the state's 17 other rest areas.
This plan is expected to save the state $1.5 million a year.
