MAINE PUBLIC • July 23, 2025
What if you could bike all the way from Portland to Augusta on a protected bike trail? That possibility came significantly closer to reality at the end of this legislative session, when Governor Janet Mills signed two bills into law. They begin the process that could create interim rail trails along unused train lines. The trails would span from Portland to Auburn and Brunswick to Gardner. There's even an extension Downeast in Calais. All in all, it could result in the creation of about 70 miles of connected walking and biking trails.