This has nothing to do with Paul LePage or tax dodgers. It's because Democrats and Baldacci thought "land of the free" meant free food, free heating, free housing, free Maine Care. That will all change in November!!!!
I wrote to my local State Senator and State Rep and wondered the exact same thing. What they did here was a complete waste of taxpayer money and someone needs to be held accountable for it. This was completely avoidable and an outright STUPID idea from the beginning. They should have built a new road out through the back side of the adjacent fields while commuters used the temporary fix when there were Jersey barriers. They had two summers to complete the work. What's even more upsetting is I have heard from a reliable source that the MDOT had a long term plan to build a completely new road through those fields but chose to try and save money.
I agree this project was a waste of money and time. MDOT should have been re-routing the road out through the back side of the fields adjacent to this problem area. Commuters could have continued to use the temporary section that had the Jersey barriers while the new road was being constructed away from the river. There would have been no traffic disruption for commuters and MDOT wouldn't of have had to deal with traffic while they were constructing the new road. They could have taken all spring, summer, and fall to complete it at their leisure and the new road would be opening soon. Businesses could have stayed open, commuters would be happy, construction workers would have been safe with no traffic, and the elderly couple could be looking at finishing out their years with quiet riverfront property after the new road opened.
That's what this was. Here you have a classic example of where the State's priorities are. This area of 136 has been eroding away for several years and instead of implementing the long term solution that was to re-route the road entirely away from the river they've literally thrown money into the river at the expense of local residents, businesses, and 4500 daily commuters. Their long term plan should have been high on that list of "shovel ready"projects instead of the Russell Street granite curbing maze project.
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Simply Put
After everything obama bin laden, a.k.a. barack hussein has done to this Country, it's about time someone tells him to go to hell!
This has nothing to do with
This has nothing to do with Paul LePage or tax dodgers. It's because Democrats and Baldacci thought "land of the free" meant free food, free heating, free housing, free Maine Care. That will all change in November!!!!
I said the same thing
I wrote to my local State Senator and State Rep and wondered the exact same thing. What they did here was a complete waste of taxpayer money and someone needs to be held accountable for it. This was completely avoidable and an outright STUPID idea from the beginning. They should have built a new road out through the back side of the adjacent fields while commuters used the temporary fix when there were Jersey barriers. They had two summers to complete the work. What's even more upsetting is I have heard from a reliable source that the MDOT had a long term plan to build a completely new road through those fields but chose to try and save money.
Do it right the first time
I agree this project was a waste of money and time. MDOT should have been re-routing the road out through the back side of the fields adjacent to this problem area. Commuters could have continued to use the temporary section that had the Jersey barriers while the new road was being constructed away from the river. There would have been no traffic disruption for commuters and MDOT wouldn't of have had to deal with traffic while they were constructing the new road. They could have taken all spring, summer, and fall to complete it at their leisure and the new road would be opening soon. Businesses could have stayed open, commuters would be happy, construction workers would have been safe with no traffic, and the elderly couple could be looking at finishing out their years with quiet riverfront property after the new road opened.
Band Aid Project
That's what this was. Here you have a classic example of where the State's priorities are. This area of 136 has been eroding away for several years and instead of implementing the long term solution that was to re-route the road entirely away from the river they've literally thrown money into the river at the expense of local residents, businesses, and 4500 daily commuters. Their long term plan should have been high on that list of "shovel ready"projects instead of the Russell Street granite curbing maze project.