Signs directing drivers to the 87,500-acre national monument first were delayed by former Gov. Paul LePage and then by the slow-moving federal approval and contracting process.
Maine Department of Transportation
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Reduction in Maine speeding fines hasn’t led to rise in speeding tickets
The state should use all available tools to enforce speed limits and educate the public about the risks of driving too fast.
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Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
State panel gets rolling on effort to solve highway funding shortfall
The independent commission will look into ways to overcome the state’s $140 million yearly funding gap for roads and bridges.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, Nation & World, News, Politics
Government labor crunch cuts into services, adds stress for Maine’s public employees
Hundreds of state and municipal jobs are vacant as officials struggle with a tight labor market, an aging workforce and pay that can’t compete with the private sector.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Maine gets $61 million to replace 8 bridges, half of them on Interstate 295
The 2 federal grants also will help fund construction of spans in Franklin County and Madawaska.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
With no start date set, Maine-Nova Scotia ferry season may be extended
The season was originally planned to run from June to mid-October but no ferries have been allowed to use the Bar Harbor terminal.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Windham road project opens window to the past
Harsh realities of the 1740s were revealed when the pavement on River Road was peeled back this summer.
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Maine, New Hampshire to pay Cianbro $5 million to settle bridge dispute
The payment, which comes on top of $4.5 million the states paid in extra construction costs, ends a legal conflict with the Pittsfield company that built the new Sarah Mildred Long Bridge between Kittery and Portsmouth.
Posted inPortland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Final alignment set for new Veranda Street overpass
The new bridge will replace a structure that has been deemed structurally deficient.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Lawmakers pass transportation bonds but reject other borrowing backed by Mills
Republicans follow through on their vow to support bonds for transportation infrastructure while opposing borrowing to finance land conservation, broadband and environmental initiatives.