PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • February 27, 2024
While proponents tout the toll-road Gorham Connector as promising to shorten commutes and relieve traffic pressure in Greater Portland, there has already been substantial pushback to the concept. Regardless of how much (or for how long) travel-based advantage the new roadway might bring, as proposed it will have pronounced, unambiguously negative effects to the area, including to Red Brook, which occupies one of the few contiguous undeveloped riverine stretches in southern Maine. Red Brook is remarkable for supporting one of the last remaining native populations of brook trout in this part of the state.. ~ C. Ian Stevenson, PhD, an architectural and environmental historian, Peaks Island