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Power crews from several other states massed at the York weigh station this morning to get assignments before heading out to help restore power. COURTESY PHOTO/Maine Public Safety
Power crews from several other states massed at the York weigh station this morning to get assignments before heading out to help restore power. COURTESY PHOTO/Maine Public Safety
Maine Public Safety spokesman Steve McCausland said out-of-state utility crews assembled at the York weigh station off the Maine Turnpike this morning to receive work assignments in the ongoing effort to  restore electric service throughout Maine. Crews from Illinois are on the way. Crews from Ohio, North Carolina, West Virginia, Indiana and Kentucky are already here and another 25 to 30 out-of-state crews are headed our way, McCausland said. As well, crews from Canada are in Maine, helping restore power. 

 In all — there are 568 broken utility poles in the state, McCausland said this morning, and some of the out-of-state crews are replacing them exclusively.

As of noon, Wednesday, 27,419 customers in York County were still without electric power. Statewide, the figure was 191,243. 

Many Amtrak and Pam Am railroad crossings are still without power,  McCausland said, impacting signals and crossing gates at those sites. Motorists crossing those tracks should do so cautiously, he said.

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