Portland Press Herald - Mon March 21, 2022
Busy Stretch of I-95 in Maine to Shut Down for 64 Hours in April for New Bridge
The busiest stretch of Interstate 295 in Maine is going to be shut down to traffic for almost three days in April, a move that will allow construction crews the time they need to install a new bridge over Veranda Street in Portland....
Associated Press - Thu March 10, 2022
Court Sides With Maine Over Aging Bridge Replacement
BRUNSWICK, Maine (AP) A federal court has sided with the state of Maine in a court case about whether to replace an aging bridge over the Androscoggin River between Brunswick and Topsham. Some preservationists in Maine, calling themselves The Friends of Frank J....
Lori Valigra, Bangor Daily News - Thu February 24, 2022
Federal Judge Halts Maine Law That Aimed to Keep Foreign Workers From Hauling Logs
A federal judge on Feb. 18 halted enforcement of a new law that would prevent foreign truck drivers from hauling logs harvested in Maine to other locations in the state. The Maine Forest Products Council, Pepin Lumber Inc....
Mainebiz & Portland Press Herald - Tue February 15, 2022
Maine's Portland Museum of Art Plans $85M Capital Campaign for Major Expansion
Fundraising has gotten under way on a major expansion of Maine's Portland Museum of Art (PMA) to create more space for exhibitions and more than double the size of the gallery's downtown footprint, with a new $85 million capital campaign....
CEG - Wed February 09, 2022
Buxton Contractor Capitalizes On Hot Southern Maine Residential Market
Maine Commercial Contracting Services, owned by Chris Small and headquartered in Buxton, Maine, is a full-service excavating and paving construction firm that tackles a wide variety of projects, including commercial roadways, driveways, site work excavation, parking lot construction and paving, retaining walls, asphalt milling and snow removal....
Kennebec Journal - Mon February 07, 2022
Skowhegan, Maine, Pauses Talk on New Bridge
A series of development projects in Skowhegan, Maine, are complicating proposals for a second bridge across the Kennebec River that advocates say is needed to address long-standing concerns about traffic congestion....
Ellsworth American - Thu January 20, 2022
Rare, 94-Year-Old Rainbow Arch Bridge in Maine to Soon be Replaced
For those wanting to get some of the last photos of coastal Maine's Falls Bridge in the winter, now is the time to do so. The scenic and historic bridge, built in 1926 to span the reversing falls off Maine Rt....
CEG - Wed January 19, 2022
Crews Now Building Underwater Supports for Maine's Madawaska Bridge
The new $97.5 Madawaska-Edmundston International bridge project, linking Maine to Canada's Province of New Brunswick, is taking shape as crews turn their focus underwater. Night work on the bridge began in September, and since that time workers have constructed a pier across the St....
Mainebiz - Wed December 22, 2021
Maine to Address Substandard Roads, Bridges With $245M from Feds
Maine's two U.S. senators announced Dec. 20 that the state will receive close to $245 million in federal funding to maintain and construct roads, highways and bridges across the state. The monies were authorized through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and provided through the Federal Highway Administration (FHA)....
American Journal - Thu December 09, 2021
Maine Plans to Build Four-Lane Connector Between Gorham, South Portland
The Maine Turnpike Authority (MTA) is set to hold public hearings on further details for its proposed four-lane tolled connector linking the Bernard P. Rines Bypass in Gorham with the Maine Mall area in South Portland....
