The Maine Department of Transportation (MaineDOT) has rolled out a $4.8 billion, three-year work plan aimed at improving infrastructure across the state through more than 2,700 projects.
The majority of the funding will support capital work, including over 1,100 miles of paving and more than 70 bridge projects each year. The plan also covers essential maintenance services such as snow plowing and administrative operations.
“This workplan will affect everyone in Maine in some way or another,” said Bruce Van Note, MaineDOT commissioner, in a statement. “Even the striping program, those stripes that you can see at night, that’s $9 million a year to get every single one of those things done.”
The plan includes upgrades to roads, bridges, bike paths, pedestrian walkways and airports. Van Note emphasized the difficulty in project prioritization, noting that each town sees its own needs as most urgent, creating what he called “a kind of ‘Sophie’s choice’” for the department.
Officials said the plan is designed to boost safety, enhance mobility, and support long-term economic development throughout Maine.
Source: WGME.com, Maine Department of Transportation
