AUGUSTA — “Don’t take our signs. Don’t move our signs,” seemed to be the message to lawmakers on the Transportation Committee on Tuesday. The comments came during a public hearing on a bill that would remove 68 signs and move 13 others that point to towns, colleges, parks, ski areas and other recreational or cultural […]
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Maine lawmakers to discuss MaineCare rides bills
AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine lawmakers are beginning to consider measures to overhaul the state’s MaineCare transportation rides system. The Department of Health and Human Services is taking public testimony on two measures Thursday introduced in light of problems in the current program that provides rides to appointments for MaineCare patients. Maine’s Office of MaineCare Services […]
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Aviation startup markets recording device for small airports
When it comes to flying planes, the rules are pretty cut and dried. They clearly weren’t observed when, this summer, a pilot took off from a New Mexico taxiway, the narrow strip of pavement connecting airport runways. “There are quite a few different no-nos on that,” said Robert Uecker, the airport manager for the city […]
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Citylink delays upset Auburn mayor
AUBURN — Cold weather delays of the Twin Cities’ Citylink bus system Tuesday are the last straw, according to Mayor Jonathan LaBonte. “If you ask commercial trucking companies and other bus fleet managers, they find ways to make sure their fleets don’t freeze up,” LaBonte said. “I get very frustrated with mismanagement and issues that […]
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State hears of regional transit’s importance to Western Maine
AUBURN — Regional bus service is important to Western Maine, bus users and regional officials told the Maine Department of Transportation on Tuesday. “Younger than my generation, they’ve never seen a bus north of Auburn,” said Mike Luciano of the Greater Franklin Development Corporation. “It’s a whole new thing for them. At the plant I […]
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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” […]
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Legislators to discuss MaineCare transportation programs
AUGUSTA — Lawmakers are set to receive a briefing on the $40 million MaineCare rides program after reports of missed rides and thousands of complaints. The Portland Press Herald reports that Tuesday’s progress report could determine whether legislative leaders push to cancel any contracts with private companies that provide transportation to and from medical appointments […]
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LePage wants Democrats to cap bond package at $150 million
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage said Wednesday that he and legislative leaders are “all pretty much in the same place” on the importance of what has been a contentious bond package following a meeting in Senate President Justin Alfond’s office Wednesday morning. LePage told reporters that he will support a borrowing package of up to […]
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Gov. Paul LePage wants Legislature to fast track $100 million transportation bond
AUGUSTA — In a letter sent to the Democratic legislative leadership Wednesday, Republican Gov. Paul LePage said time is running out to reconvene the Legislature and approve sending his proposed $100 million transportation bond to voters this November. Both parties say they support the transportation bond, but there is disagreement over how quickly it needs […]
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World Trade Center Transportation hub taking shape
NEW YORK (AP) — Hundreds of workers are busy around the clock building the nearly $4 billion World Trade Center transportation hub, its white steel wings starting to rise into the Manhattan sky as a remembrance to those who died at the site on 9/11. Designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, the complex will be […]