AUGUSTA - The Maine Department of Transportation today announced it has awarded a $387,200 grant from the Workforce Transportation Pilot Program to Sunday River of Newry. The grant program, an initiative of Governor Mills' Maine Jobs & Recovery Plan, supports local and regional pilot projects that connect workers to employers through ridesharing, vanpools, and other transit options.

AUGUSTA - The Maine Department of Transportation will be performing work at the intersection of Western Avenue and Armory Street in Augusta that will impact traffic later this week and all next week.

The work is scheduled to begin on Wednesday, November 9th and end by Friday, November 18th. Much of this work will be daytime work occurring between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Drivers should expect lane closures on the westbound side of Western Avenue (the side closer to the Armory and heading toward I-95).

FALMOUTH - The Maine Department of Transportation is replacing the bridges that carry Bucknam Road and Johnson Road over I-295 in Falmouth. The existing bridges date back to the creation of the interstate. They were built in 1960 and are approaching the end of their useful service lives.

The Bucknam Road Bridge replacement is happening first and will occur in two phases. On-site work began in September.

UPDATE: This work is finished, and the weight restriction has been lifted.

ORIGINAL PRESS RELEASE FROM NOVEMBER 28TH:

GRAY - The Maine Department of Transportation is doing paving work and making drainage improvements on Depot Road in Gray. The work area begins east of the railroad tracks and continues to Town Farm Road. Work is beginning today and will continue into January before being suspended for the winter. Work will resume in May and is scheduled to be completed in May. Traffic will be reduce to a single lane of alternative traffic during this work. The contractor on this project is A.H. Grover Inc. of North Yarmouth. The contract amount is $557,905.

PORTLAND - Construction on the Maine Department of Transportation's Veranda Street Bridge Replacement Project the "Veranda Plan" is now substantially complete. This project involved the rapid replacement of the interstate bridge that carries I-295 over Veranda Street in Portland over the course of a single weekend. The work also involved the reconfiguration of the roadways underneath the bridge to increase safety, provide enhanced bicycle and pedestrian accommodations, and create opportunities for a public green space along the waterfront.

AUGUSTA - The Maine Department of Transportation has released the results of an investigation regarding the former municipal landfill in Machias and its potential impacts on MaineDOT's Machias Dike Bridge project. The capped landfill site is located west of and upstream from the Dike Bridge, which carries Route 1 over the Middle River in Machias.

OLD TOWN - The Maine Department of Transportation will be closing the Stillwater Avenue (Llewellyn Estes) Bridge in Old Town to all traffic from approximately 10:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 15th to approximately 4:00 a.m. on Friday, December 16th. This closure is necessary while the Old Town Water District secures a water pipe that is hanging underneath the bridge. There will be a detour in place during this closure. The length of the maximum detour is approximately five miles and involves driving through Orono via Bennoch Road (Route 16), Route 2, and College Avenue.

HAMPDEN - Construction on the Maine Department of Transportation's Hampden Bridge Bundle Project is now substantially finished.

AUGUSTA - The Maine Department of Transportation is enhancing its efforts to hire more snowfighters as the height of the winter season approaches.