Maine Department of Transportation has advertised its plan to repave South Street in Gorham.

GORHAM — The Maine Department of Transportation has advertised a repaving project on South Street (Route 114), a heavily traveled commuter arterial.

The project extends two miles from a point just south of the street’s intersection with Waterhouse Road to Route 202 in Gorham Village. It is sponsored by the Portland Area Comprehensive Transportation System, a federally-mandated metropolitan planning agency for the Portland region.

The repaving is estimated to cost $1.2 million, according to state figures. A roundabout links South Street with the Bernard P. Rines Bypass.

State transportation officials are also planning to reconstruct a 1.5-mile section of Route 25 through Gorham Village from near Johnson Road to Cressey Road. The project includes replacing cast iron Portland Water District water mains that were installed in 1895, according to an American Journal article in 2015.

 Gorham Town Manager Ephrem Paraschak said Wednesday in an email that MDOT pushed the advertising date “back a week but we received confirmation this morning that it will be advertised today.”

A state engineer could not be reached by telephone Wednesday.

The Maine Department of Transportation work plan announced in January estimated the project cost at $5.2 million.

Last year, the state rejected a $6.6 million bid from Shaw Brothers Construction, Inc., that submitted the only bid for the rebuild project.

Robert Lowell can be reached at 854-2577 or rlowell@keepmecurrent.com