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Yeah, we've sort of solved one of our river issues with the new bridge... and now our attention is focused squarely on solving the Winooski. That's really our last great route problem that we have.

- Ben Rose

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All through the permit process there were some concerns on the part of local officials. In the end, I think we came up with a plan that passed muster with town officials in Johnson... To some extent we can see their point, which is that this will create some new points of potential danger, both on Route 15 and Hogback Road because of parking, but those are more than offset by the hazards it removes by asking every hiker to walk 1.5 miles down the road. - Ben Rose

The merger strategically makes sense, given the complimentary product lines that Aspect offers, but I question the valuation that's been placed on Aspect -- $9.3 billion for a company that did less than $100 million in sales last year. - Ben Rose

[Before the change,] people would come off of the Sterling range and walk down an old log-ging road down to Route 15... Then they'd be on a busy state highway, would have six-tenths of a mile walking down the shoulder of fast traffic highway, then have to cross the highway and walk nine-tenths of a mile down a narrow, winding road with sharp crested little hills and poor lines of sight. It really was a recipe for disaster. There's a lot of potential for an accident there. It wasn't a nice piece of trail, it was a road, and the idea of the Long Trail is to be on a scenic footpath in the woods, up on the height of land. - Ben Rose