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State officials say the plan provides significant investment in Maine's roads and bridges while also moving forward on initiatives to combat climate change.

A breakdown of the costs of extending I-95 north of Houlton to the St. John Valley showed a total estimate of roughly $3.55 billion.

The new port of entry and bridge project has been decades in the making, according to a Tuesday release from the U.S. General Services Administration.

The plans center around upgrading Route 161, which runs 86 miles through the heart of the St. John Valley.

The project is expected to take two years to complete.

MEXICO/RUMFORD — The replacement project of the Rumford-Mexico Bridge, also known as the Red Bridge, located along Route 2, will get underway in October, said Town Manager Raquel Welch-Day. She told the Select Board on Sept. 5 that work will begin by removing trees along both sides along the banking on the Swift River to […]

Environmentalists are decrying a year-long process meant to gather public feedback on where to build a deepwater offshore wind port, calling it a “charade.”

Environmentalists are decrying a year-long process meant to gather public feedback on where to build a deepwater offshore wind port, calling it a “charade.” They say state officials failed to adequately engage the public or tribal communities and...

Environmentalists are criticizing a yearlong process meant to gather public feedback on where to build a deepwater offshore wind port, calling it a “charade.” They say Maine officials have failed to adequately engage the public or tribal communities and effectively decided where to build the port long before the process began. The Maine Department of Transportation has been making an internal case for Sears Island while “giving an illusion of an im...

Maine officials are accused of long favoring Sears Island, the largest undeveloped island in Penobscot Bay, as the future site of the port.