PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • October 16, 2025
A section of the Back Cove Trail at Tukey’s Bridge is set to close Monday for utility work, disrupting a vital route used daily by Portland pedestrians and cyclists who commute on the trail, with some saying that they feel caught off-guard by a lack of communication about the closure. The work is part of a project by utility company Unitil to retire a natural gas pipeline that previously served the former B&M Baked Beans plant, now the site of the Roux Institute’s redevelopment. Because the pipe runs through a narrow corridor between the trail and the water, the company says there is no safe way to keep the trail open during construction. The closure, expected to last about a week.