Letter: NECEC construction jobs should be valued, not belittled

MAINE SUNDAY TELEGRAM • June 7, 2020

More than $300 million in contracts have been awarded to Maine companies as planning for the construction of the New England Clean Energy Connect begins. Good-paying work in this part of the state is often hard to come by, and has only gotten worse these last few months. Those against the project argue that the jobs are temporary. But that is the nature of construction jobs. That shouldn’t be something that people turn up their nose at. Mainers stand to gain so much from the project. That is why I am supporting it and I hope others will do the same. ~ Ryan Leeman, Palermo