PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • January 27, 2023
Three hundred bridge projects. More than 3,000 miles of paving. A long-awaited connector for the Eastern Trail. Hybrid ferries. The Maine Department of Transportation outlined plans for these projects and hundreds more in a sweeping work plan for the next three years released this week. The total cost would be nearly $4 billion in federal and state funds. The transportation work plan includes a wide variety of projects – $11 million for pedestrian safety improvements, transportation studies in village centers, matching funds for electric buses in Portland and Biddeford, work on a transportation hub and visitors center near Acadia National Park.