SEARSPORT - The Maine Department of Transportation is beginning work on a project that involves rehabilitation and reconstruction of Route 1 in downtown Searsport.

The work area begins at Savage Road and extends north for nearly two miles to Station Avenue. The project involves the addition of a center left-turn lane between Trundy Road and Station Avenue. This work will also involve eliminating gaps in sidewalks to create a continuous accessible route downtown for pedestrians. MaineDOT is working with the town to install pedestrian lighting and brick sidewalks.

WISCASSET - The Maine Department of Transportation will be replacing the railroad crossing on Route 1 in Wiscasset next week. This work will require the closure of Route 1 at Federal Street and Eddy Road from 8:00 p.m. on Monday, June 26th until 6:00 a.m. on Tuesday, June 27th. Signs will direct drivers to a detour using Federal Street, Route 218, and Sheepscott Road. The contractor on this project is Maine Track Maintenance of Waterville. The contract amount is approximately $80,000.

WILTON - Maine Department of Transportation crews and contracting partners have been working since last night to respond to road washouts caused by yesterday's intense rainfall. This work will continue into the holiday weekend. The damage is especially severe along parts of Route 133 in Jay and Wilton. This road may remain closed for several days.

MaineDOT is working closely with MEMA and other appropriate state agencies to reopen these roads as soon as practicable. We appreciate the public's patience and understanding as our crews do this important work.

ANDROSCOGGIN AND OXFORD COUNTIES - The Maine Department of Transportation is doing paving work and making other improvements along parts of routes 4 and 108 in Livermore, Hartford, and Canton. The Route 4 project area begins north of Mangan Road in Livermore and extends north for three miles. The Route 108 project area begins at Route 4 in Livermore and extends north for 7.5 miles, ending in Canton. Driver may encounter single-lane, alternative traffic patterns. Work began on July 5th and is scheduled to be finished by September 21st.

PORTLAND/SOUTH PORTLAND - The Maine Department of Transportation will be performing maintenance work on the Casco Bay Bridge next week. This work will require a traffic restriction on the bridge. Vehicles weighing more than 25 tons (50,000 pounds) will not be permitted to cross the bridge from Monday, July 10th through Thursday, July 13th. This restriction will be in place around the clock on these days. MaineDOT will also use message boards to alert drivers of the temporary weight restriction. Like all outside construction work, this schedule is weather-dependent.

PORTLAND - The Maine Department of Transportation is repainting two bridges on I-295 in Portland: Tukey's Bridge carries the interstate over Back Cove, and Franklin Bridge carries the interstate over Franklin Street. Crews will be removing the old paint from both bridges (stripping it down to the steel) and then reapplying three new coats of paint to each bridge. This routine maintenance work will help extend the lives of these critical bridges. This project will involve periodic overnight lane closures of I-295 while crews set up and break down their equipment.

YARMOUTH - The Maine Department of Transportation will be closing the southbound side of I-295 in Yarmouth during several overnight periods during the next two weeks to accommodate paving work. This is part of the project to replace the interstate bridges that carry I-295 over Route 1 near Exit 17 in Yarmouth.

CUSHING - Two Maine Department of Transportation employees were seriously injured at a job site in Cushing this morning. The workers were part of a crew that was retrieving sheet piles near the intersection of River Road and Pleasant Point Road. The incident happened at approximately 8:00 a.m. The workers were pinned between an excavator and a flat-bed trailer. Both workers were transported to Pen Bay Medical Center in Rockport. They are currently in stable condition.

WATERVILLE/WINSLOW - The Maine Department of Transportation will be closing the Ticonic Bridge to all traffic from 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, August 6th until 6:00 a.m. on Saturday, August 12th. This is part of the ongoing work to replace the bridge, which carries Bridge Street (Routes 137 and 201) over the Kennebec River between Waterville and Winslow. During this closure, vehicle traffic will be detoured south to the Carter Memorial Bridge. Pedestrian traffic will be detoured north to the Two Cent Bridge.

BRUNSWICK/TOPSHAM - The Maine Department of Transportation has begun on-site construction on the project to replace the Frank J. Wood Bridge. The bridge carries Route 201 over the Androscoggin River between Brunswick and Topsham.