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As a member of the Joint Standing Committee on Transportation, and in an effort to maintain an open-line of communication with those I serve in the Legislature, I wish to highlight some local projects around my district listed in the Maine Department of Transportation’s (MaineDOT) most recent work plan for calendar years 2024, 2025, and 2026. Encompassing 2,672 individual work items, with a total value of $4.74 billion, the plan includes all capital projects and programs, maintenance and operations activities, planning initiatives, and administrative functions.
Principally consisting of work to be delivered or coordinated through MaineDOT, the agenda likewise takes into account funds to be expended by other transportation partners, including airports and transit agencies that receive federal funds directly. In Abbot, Old Covered Bridge over the Piscataquis River is slated for substructure rehabilitation, with estimated funding set at $1.2 million.
Several capital projects at Greenville Municipal Airport are on the docket, including crack sealing, navigation aids/lighting, apron extension, and new runway/taxiway construction. Route 6/15, in Monson, is likewise part of the overall plan, with highway improvement funding totaling nearly $200,000. Another initiative, with estimated funding of $1.3 million, entails bridge deck replacement of the Shirley Mills Bridge on West Road, in Shirley.
Additional local projects are also part of the plan. You can find further details online at maine.gov/mdot/projects/workplan/search.
Rep. James Lee White
Guilford
