Long Trail hikers will need to take a detour to use the Winooski Valley footbridge in Bolton for the next month or so.

A portion of Duxbury Road between the footbridge and Honey Hollow Road will be closed for construction from Oct. 20 through roughly Nov. 18, according to the Green Mountain Club.

The road was heavily damaged during flooding in 2024, and was compromised by a landslide. The town of Bolton is hoping to fix it before the end of construction season.

Bolton Town Administrator Dania Allowan said funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency allowed the town to move forward with the project.

“It’s been a long time coming,” Allowan said. “We’ve been working through the design, the permitting, the long funding process since the flooding, and this was the earliest window t

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