SUN JOURNAL • October 7, 2021
A passenger rail study looking at a connection between Lewiston-Auburn and Portland will move forward after Maine’s largest city agreed to supply the remaining funds. Portland officials got on board after the Auburn City Council last month declined to fund the remaining $10,000, as part of a local match for the feasibility study. The effort is tied to legislation approved in June, that directed the Maine Department of Transportation to finish a study that will determine if Lewiston and Auburn can be tied into the passenger rail network that extends from Portland to Boston and beyond.