MAINE ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS • November 21, 2022
Maine DOT is convening a Rail Corridor Use Advisory Council charged with collecting and considering data on the long-unused Lower Road rail corridor between Brunswick and Augusta. After nine months of meetings, the Council will make a recommendation to Maine DOT Commissioner Bruce Van Note as to whether the proposed Merrymeeting Trail section of the corridor (Topsham to Gardiner) should be used as a trail on an interim basis (a “trail until rail”). The first meeting of the Council is set for Wednesday, November 30, at 10:30am to noon. It will be held via Zoom and is open to the public. The final 15 minutes of the agenda for this meeting is reserved for “Public Comment.” To participate: https://vhb.zoom.us/j/82330520269?pwd=Mjd4ajdNU0VSc296MG1wOU1lU1B1UT09, Meeting ID: 823 3052 0269, Passcode: 936508, +1 309 205 3325 US.