ISLESBORO & VINALHAVEN - The Maine State Ferry Service (MSFS) will continue its regular service schedule on Tuesday, 7-5-2022 and Wednesday, 7-6-2022. This service had previously been reduced to a hybrid schedule.

PRESQUE ISLE - The Maine Department of Transportation will be installing vehicle count sensors on Route 1, just south of Extreme Granite in Presque Isle. Work is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, July 12th. The northbound lane will be closed to traffic at 8:00 a.m. and remain closed until work is completed, which will be roughly 8 hours. On July 13th the process will be repeated on the southbound lane. In the event of rain, we will push the schedule to Thursday, July 14th.

FREEPORT - The Maine Department of Transportation is replacing the bridges that cross I-295 at Exits 20 and 22 in Freeport. The bridge at Exit 20 carries Desert Road over the interstate; the bridge at Exit 22 carries Mallett Drive (Routes 125 and 136) over the interstate. These bridges were originally constructed in 1957 when I-295 was first built.

Each new bridge will feature a 12-foot-wide multiuse path that will tie into paths the town is planning to construct in the future. Traffic signals will be installed at the ends of the northbound and southbound interstate exit ramps.

BRUNSWICK - The Maine Department of Transportation will be doing paving work on Route 24 in Brunswick. Work is scheduled to begin on July 13th and be finished by September 9th. The project area begins south of Mountain road in Harpswell and extends north for almost eight miles, ending near Forrestal Drive in Brunswick. Drivers may encounter lane closures and alternating, single-lane traffic patterns. The contractor on this project is Crooker Construction of Topsham. The contract amount is $1,494,324.

TOPSHAM - The Maine Department of Transportation will be doing paving work on Route 201 in Topsham. Work is scheduled to begin on July 13th and be finished by September 9th. The project area begins north of Old Augusta Road and extends north for nearly four miles, ending at the Bowdoin town line. Drivers may encounter lane closures and alternating, single-lane traffic patterns. The contractor on this project is Crooker Construction of Topsham. The contract amount is $705,532.

BREMEN - The Maine Department of Transportation will be replacing a pipe on Turner Road in Bremen on Monday, July 11th. The pipe is located where Pemaquid Pond and McCurdy Pond come together. The pipe is showing signs of failing. The work is expected to take one day. Vehicles on Turner Road will be detoured. The length of the detour is approximately three miles. This work is being done by crews from MaineDOT's Bureau of Maintenance and Operations.

ORONO - The Maine Department of Transportation is replacing a failing box culvert on Route 2 in Orono. The project area is approximately one mile south of the intersection of Route 2 and Kelley Road. This work requires a 28-day-long road closure, which is scheduled to begin on August 1st. During the periods when the road remains open, drivers should expect a single-lane, alternating traffic pattern. Work on this project began on June 27th and is scheduled to be finished by September 3rd. The contractor is Sargent Corporation of Stillwater. The contract amount is $989,554.

WATERVILLE AND FAIRFIELD - Early next week, the Maine Department of Transportation will be temporarily closing some highway ramps on the northbound side of I-95 in Waterville and Fairfield.

The northbound I-95 Exit 130 on-ramp in Waterville will be closed between 9:00 p.m. on Sunday, July 17th and 6:00 a.m. on Monday, July 18th. The northbound I-95 Exit 132 off-ramp in Fairfield will be closed from 9:00 p.m. on Monday, July 18th until 6:00 a.m. on Tuesday, July 19th. Both these closures are being done to accommodate culvert work.

OLD TOWN - The Maine Department of Transportation is posting new weight limits for the Stillwater Avenue Bridge #2 in Old Town. This bridge is the northerly span of the two bridges, named the Llewellyn Estes Bridge, that carry Stillwater Avenue over the Stillwater River. Beginning on July 25th, vehicles that weight 30 tons or more will be prohibited from using this bridge. The length of the bypass detour is two miles. The length of the abutment-to-abutment detour is approximately eight miles.

WOODSTOCK - The Maine Department of Transportation is doing paving work and making drainage improvements on Route 26 in Woodstock. The project area begins at the West Paris town line and extends northwest for approximately 4.5 miles. Work is scheduled to begin on July 25th and end by October 21st. Drivers may encounter a single-lane, alternating traffic pattern. The contractor on this project is Pike Industries of Westbrook. This work is bundled with other highway work in Oxford County into a single contract in the amount of $10,492,099.