The Maine Department of Transportation is hosting an informational meeting to discuss upcoming construction on the Mountain Division Rail Corridor. The meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, October 5 from 6-8 p.m. at the Westbrook High School at 125 Stroudwater Street in Westbrook.

Hundreds of Maine children will walk or bike to school with family members, school staff and volunteers in celebration of International Walk to School Day, Wednesday, October 6. Organized events are planned at schools across the state during the week of October 4-8, and some schools will continue holding events throughout the fall.

Maine Department of Transportation Commissioner David Cole, Passamaquoddy Governor Joseph Socobasin and other state and tribal officials gathered along the banks of Grand Lake Stream Tuesday (November 2, 2010) to officially open the new Milford Street Bridge in Grand Lake Stream Plantation.

The new $1.7 million bridge is the result of a unique funding partnership between the state and the tribe that improves transportation infrastructures that access or are on tribal lands.

For more information on winter driving, please visit maineDOT.gov

This winter, MaineDOT, the Maine State Police and AAA of Northern New England are urging motorists to slow down in winter conditions, give plow trucks plenty of room, and prepare your car for snowy weather before heading out on the roads.

Nearly a full month ahead of schedule, the new realignment of Route 136 in Auburn opened to traffic this morning at 9:30, providing motorists with an uninterrupted route between Auburn and Freeport.

The opening marks the culmination of a three-month collaborative effort to reopen the road as quickly as possible after a series of riverbank collapses along this stretch of the Androscoggin River had damaged sections of Route 136 and threatened an abutting residence.

Following the discovery of an undocumented eagle?s nest along the previously approved proposed Wiscasset Bypass corridor, the US Army Corp of Engineers (ACOE) has informed the Maine Department of Transportation (MaineDOT) that the proposed route is no longer acceptable, and MaineDOT has been asked to resubmit documents supporting earlier alternatives towards the goal of establishing a new route for the Wiscasset Bypass.

On Wednesday, December 8, The Maine Department of Transportation is hosting an Open House to discuss possible transportation improvements to Route 1 in Warren.

The Open House is scheduled to begin at 5:30 at the Warren Community School on Eastern Road in Warren. There will be a short presentation to begin the event, but the remainder of the open house will be informal discussion and review of project area.

MaineDOT is pleased to announce that the new Gorham Park & Ride Lot is now open for public use. Located on Route 114 near the Route 22 Bypass in Gorham, the lot is easily accessible, and it contains 70 parking spaces. The lot also includes three handicapped parking spaces, five bicycle racks and is designed to accommodate bus turnarounds.

Editor's Note: Please utilize this version of the press release, as the earlier release listed an incorrect road as part of the detour. The detour utilizes Washington Avenue Extension, Blackstrap Road, Brook Road and Leighton Road. Thank you.

Starting Tuesday, December 7, the Maine Department of Transportation (MaineDOT) will post a weight limit on the Route 26/100 Railroad Crossing Bridge that spans the Presumpscot River Bridge in Falmouth. The weight-limit posting will restrict the bridge to vehicles that weigh 22 tons or less.

Motorists in Auburn on Thursday and Friday should be aware of possible delays on area bridges as MaineDOT bridge maintenance engineers conduct routine inspections on several bridges.

Inspections are scheduled to begin after the morning commute and continue into the afternoon. MaineDOT will be utilizing an underbridge crane to conduct the inspections, and must close one lane of traffic during the inspections. Each of the bridges to be inspected have multiple lanes of traffic, so traffic delays are expected to be minimal.