Cooperation by the Twin Cities is what pushed them to the front for a national transportation planning honor, according to a national planning advocacy group. Lewiston and Auburn were recognized Tuesday for having the fourth-best implementation of the Complete Streets policy out of 80 policies adopted in 2013 by Smart Growth America. Complete Streets is […]
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Maine announces $2 billion infrastructure plan
AUGUSTA (AP) — The Maine Department of Transportation has announced a $2 billion, three-year plan to improve roads, bridges, airports and other key infrastructure across the state. The plan announced Tuesday will use $100 million in state transportation bonds approved last November by voters and federal highway funds to pay for more than 1,600 projects. […]
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Nonprofit ranks most needed transportation projects in Maine
Spending $6.8 million to replace the Durham Bridge over the Androscoggin River is on a research organization’s top 10 list of needed transportation projects in Maine. TRIP, a nonprofit organization that researches, evaluates and distributes economic and technical data on surface transportation issues, released “Maine’s Top 50 Transportation Challenges and Improvements Needed to Address Them” […]