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Maine DOT activates new Wiscasset traffic lights

by Kathleen O'Brien March 30, 2020

The traffic signals are designed to remain green unless someone pushes a pedestrian crossing button or side street traffic on Water Street, Middle Street, or Route 27 triggers the signal sensors.

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MDOT 3-year plan includes study, work on Brunswick’s messy Stanwood, Pleasant, Mill street intersection

by Hannah LaClaire March 5, 2020March 5, 2020

Additional money will go toward the Maine Street overpass, paving and airport upgrades, among other projects.

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Maine DOT tests new downtown Wiscasset traffic lights

by Kathleen O'Brien February 25, 2020February 25, 2020

According to Paul Merril, MDOT spokesman, the new traffic lights on Route 1 are expected to go live the first week in April and remain active year-round.

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DOT unveils summer paving plans for vital Harpswell roads

by Kathleen O'Brien February 24, 2020February 24, 2020

Slated to start in August, the road work comes with an estimated $842,000 price tag that will be covered by the state.

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Transit study to help redesign Brunswick bus route, improve access to Brunswick Landing

by Hannah LaClaire February 19, 2020February 19, 2020

The $100,000 study, of which Brunswick will pay $20,000, will examine the need around town, specifically in areas like Brunswick Landing, where increased development and the relocation of asylum seekers is creating more demand for public transportation.

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Maine scales back highway work – but not its price tag

by Peter McGuire January 14, 2020January 14, 2020

MDOT’s three-year construction plan costs $2.6 billion, but accomplishes less than in past cycles. The top transportation official says ‘the reliability of the system will suffer.’