The Legislature’s transportation committee says LD 487 ‘ought not to pass,’ especially without assured funding from the Trump administration.
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Road work begins in Yarmouth
The Maine Department of Transportation is starting work on routes 1, 88 and 115 next Tuesday. The project is expected to cause detours and be completed in July.
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Bill could kill Gorham Connector plan
LD 1020 would repeal laws directing the Maine Turnpike Authority to build the proposed highway spur west of Portland and order the agency to sell any land purchased for the project to the previous owners.
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Gorham Town Council rejects real estate purchase
After a lengthy debate, Gorham town councilors Tuesday, April 1, decided against spending $185,000 to own a property at a high-crash intersection. A purchase was aimed at an eventual use of the property for a possible Maine Department of Transportation design to ease traffic congestion and improve safety at the intersection of County Road (Route […]
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Long-term road project will detour traffic at Veterans Bridge and I-295
The project will add southbound access to I-295 at Exit 4 in an effort to relieve traffic congestion on Broadway and increase highway efficiency.
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Maine Turnpike Authority names new executive director
Former Air Force officer Andre Briere, the deputy commissioner of the New Hampshire Department of Transportation, is replacing Peter Mills, who retired last fall.
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What would a ‘Vision Zero’ plan do to stop traffic deaths in Portland?
After a series of deadly crashes, the public has called for the city do more to ensure safer streets for residents and visitors. But city leaders say that work is already in progress and takes time.
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Freeport partners with MaineDOT to rework Route 1
Freeport officials are taking the next step to implement a vision for the future of downtown, collaborating closely with the state on possible changes to Route 1. The collaboration, through the Planning Partnership Initiative administered by the Maine Department of Transportation, provides an engineering consultant to analyze the U.S. Route 1 corridor, which runs through […]
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MDOT to review alternatives to Gorham Connector
The decision comes after protracted pushback from residents and some towns in the path of the proposed toll highway designed to relieve commuter congestion in Portland’s suburbs.
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Rail advocates renew push for passenger service to Bangor
A bill to be heard this week seeks federal seed funding for a proposal to restore passenger service from Portland through Auburn, Lewiston, Waterville and Bangor to Orono.