MONTPELIER -- Hinesburg has been awarded $240,000 in funding for sidewalks and landscaping projects as part of a $2.8 million in federal funding package for transportation enhancement projects.

Gov. Jim Douglas today announced the enhancement grants that will go to 21 Vermont communities. The grants go for a wide range of federally-eligible projects such as restoring historic buildings, rebuilding and extending sidewalks, enhancing the environment and improving hiking and biking trails.

More than 300 grant awards have been made to Vermont communities, totaling nearly $40 million, since the program began in 1995.

Enhancement grant recipients:
-- Cornall, $155,000
-- Monkton, $25,000
-- Arlington, $190,000
-- Bennington, $150,000
-- Walden, $40,000
-- Hinesburg, $240,000
-- Brighton, $300,000
-- North Hero Historical Society, $150,000
-- South Hero, $300,000 [LM: for the Bike Ferry!]
-- Belvidere, $40,000
-- Cambridge, $40,000
-- Strafford, $285,000
-- Hubbardton, $40,000
-- Poultney, $40,000
-- Rutland, $30,000
-- Wallingford, $300,000
-- Montpelier, $60,000
-- Waitsfield, $270,000
-- Marlboro, $150,000
-- Putney, $27,000
-- Springfield, $35,000

Questions about the grant program may be answered by calling 828-0583.