FREEPORT

A few details emerged Tuesday as to where Metro bus service may be stopping in Freeport, when a threeyear pilot project starts this summer.

Metro’s three possible stops will be in front of the L.L. Bean flagship store; near the Downeaster platform; and at the Shaw’s plaza.

“None of this is really firm yet,” said Bill Rixon, a Freeport town councilor who represented the town at a recent meeting with Metro.

A draft of a schedule and possible stops may be forthcoming in the next month.

In February 2014, Metro’s board of directors approved extending an express, bidirectional bus service between Portland and Freeport.

The bus service will launch as a three-year pilot project that will cost Freeport $27,000 for 2015-16 service, $30,170 for 2016-17, and $32,443 for 2017-18, according to the proposal provided by Metro.

Service will be offered from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday, with optional Saturday service given additional funding. Whereas with the commuter service, a 30-minute frequency of buses was planned; with the all-day service, buses will be less frequent.

The bus will also stop in Yarmouth.

In December, Brunswick officials began discussing joining the pilot project and linking Metro service with the Brunswick Explorer bus service. When Brunswick joins the project is uncertain, but probably wouldn’t be able to join when service starts in the summer.