Much of a hearing on confidentiality also serves as a forum for criticisms of the proposed $2 billion project. by Michael Shepherd, State House Bureau Portland Press Herald news story AUGUSTA â Opponents of a proposed east-west highway across Maine packed a legislative hearing Friday to lobby lawmakers for more access to information about the Read More
destroying habitat
Bill Seeks to Lift Confidentiality from East-west Highway Partnership, but MDOT Says No Partnership Exists
By Robert Long, BDN Staff Bangor Daily News news story AUGUSTA, Maine â Lingering suspicions about plans to build a 220-mile east-west highway through central and rural Maine drew a large crowd to a legislative hearing Friday on a bill to make documents related to projects like it public. Sponsored by Assistant House Democratic Leader Read More
Bill Aims to Lift Curtain on Maine Transportation Projects
by Susan Sharon MPBN news story An overflow crowd turned out in support of a bill that doesn’t mention the proposed east-west highway project by name, but could require more information to be released about it. As Susan Sharon reports, lawmakers on the Legislature’s Transportation Committee are being tasked with balancing the public’s right to Read More
East-West Highway Bids Sought Well Before Law Signed
The Maine DOT says it was just anticipating authorization, but critics say it shows a rush to advance the east-west project. by Steve Mistler, staff writer Portland Press Herald news story The Maine Department of Transportation began seeking a contractor to conduct a feasibility study of an east-west highway across Maine weeks before Gov. Paul Read More
East-west Highway Going in the Wrong Direction
by Roger Merchant Bangor Daily News op-ed I’ve listened to lots of talk to gather facts about the costs and benefits of the proposed east-west highway. Lots of new information came out this past weekend at the open forum in Dexter, which stood in stark contrast to the prior orchestrated event in Dover-Foxcroft, which dismissed Read More
Environmentalists Fighting a Proposed Highway that Would Bisect Maine
Critics Say Highway Could be a Trojan Horse for Moving Natural Gas or Tar Sands Oil by Nicky Ouellet Earth Island Journal news story If you build it, they will come. That seems to be the logic behind a new proposal to build a highway connecting eastern seaports in Maine with major highways in northwestern Read More
The East-West Highway
Gateway to opportunity or toll on the environment? by Edgar Allen Beem Downeast.com news story In March the Maine Legislature approved and in April Governor Paul LePage signed into law LD 1671, a measure appropriating three hundred thousand dollars for an investment grade feasibility study of whether it would be a good deal for a Read More
East-West Highway: Savior or Albatross?
Environmental concerns aside, whether the $2 billion project is economically feasible or not could depend on how consultants look at it. by Colin Woodard, staff writer Portland Press Herald news story Mainers are often described as being risk averse, conditioned by thin soils, frigid winters, Colonial-era Indian wars, and a century and a half of Read More
Waste Watch: East/West Highway Study
WGME TV news story $300,000 — That is how much of your money is being spent on a study looking into an East/West highway through the state’s interior. The highway has been debated for decades. News 13’s Jon Chrisos is on waste watch asking questions about this big chunk of taxpayer money.
