PARIS — The town is asking the Maine Department of Transportation if there is money to study downtown traffic patterns. Town Manager Amy Bernard said Wednesday that she has asked department officials if the state would fund a study on alleviating traffic congestion at the intersection of Routes 26 and 117. “I made the case that […]
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Route 35 closed for culvert work next week
HARRISON — Route 35 will be closed to through traffic beginning Monday, Aug. 18, while Maine Department of Transportation crews replace a culvert just south of Zakelo Road. DOT officials anticipate the work will be done by end of the day Thursday, Aug. 14, but Town Manager George “Bud” Finch said he believes the closure […]
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West Paris requests state opinion on traffic sign placement
WEST PARIS — Selectmen will seek the state’s opinion on where to place traffic signs on several town-controlled rural roads. Selectmen on Thursday night directed Town Manager John White to ask the Maine Department of Transportation for advice on whether it should place stop signs at an intersection one resident described as “dangerous.” Selectmen mulled […]
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Maine officials to announce speed limit decision
AUGUSTA — Maine officials will soon announce their decision about whether to raise the speed limits on interstate highways. Maine Department of Transportation Commissioner David Bernhardt said Thursday that he will make the announcement at the department’s headquarters on Capitol Street in Augusta on Tuesday, May 27, at 11 a.m. The state Legislature in 2013 […]
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One dead after car crashes into snowplow in Newburgh
NEWBURGH (AP) — Police say one person is dead and another injured after a car collided with a state Transportation Department snowplow in Newburgh. Police said the driver of a car apparently lost control on a slippery hill on Western Avenue at about 9 p.m. Wednesday. It was snowing at the time. Trooper Douglas Franklin […]
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Few commuters parking in Yarmouth park-and-ride lot
YARMOUTH — A new 300-spot park-and-ride lot along Interstate 295 in Yarmouth is getting just a handful of cars per day, prompting some people to call it a waste of taxpayer money and an environmental mistake. The Portland Press Herald (http://bit.ly/19yQAOb) reports that the lot that opened three weeks ago had an average of six […]
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Maine DOT report says existing rail safety guidelines are adequate
AUGUSTA — A rail safety review ordered by Maine Gov. Paul LePage following a fiery train derailment that claimed 47 lives north of the border in Quebec has determined that existing practices are adequate, but it didn’t address the issue of single-person crews for trains hauling oil and other hazardous materials. Maine Transportation Commissioner David Bernhardt […]
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State poised to review rail safety after Quebec crash
AUGUSTA — State lawmakers moved quickly to review the safety of Maine’s railroads following the recent disaster in Lac-Megantic, Quebec. The Maine House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a legislative order offered by Rep. Seth Berry, D-Bowdoinham, that could set the Legislature’s Transportation Committee to work later this summer. Also, Gov. Paul LePage issued an […]