Brunswick, ME - The Maine Department of Transportation has re-opened the Brunswick Park & Ride Lot located on Cedar Street for public use. Since last winter, the lot had been used as a staging area for construction materials and construction vehicles related to rail line improvements necessary for expanding Downeaster passenger rail service into Brunswick.

Brunswick, Maine ? Safety improvements and pedestrian enhancements at the intersection of Maine Street.and Route 24 in Brunswick have been completed for the winter. Contractor H.C Crooker and Sons have finished drainage work and tree stump removal. In April of 2012, crews will return to the area to install a traffic island as well as incidental work on Cleveland Street.

I-295 Project Officially Finished For This Year

Improvements Enhance Safety On One of Maine?s Most Important And Frequently Traveled Highways

Portland, ME - Maine motorists, tourists, and truck drivers may notice something missing on Intersate 295 this week. After nearly six months and some 84.14 lane miles of fresh pavement, the orange barrels have disappeared from the southernmost stretch of I-295 indicating that Maine Department of Transportation?s $22.4 million highway improvement undertaking is officially done for this year.

Freeport ? Motorists need to be aware of the closure at Exit 22 in Freeport this Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. There will be message boards in place to detour drivers to either Exit 20 or Exit 24.

The closure is needed to repair electrical conduits attached to the overpass located just before the off ramp.

This is a four hour event, and therefore not expected to affect the morning or afternoon commute.

Governor LePage, MaineDOT and Indian Township Announce Partnership On Federal Highway Money

Augusta ?In a ceremony Tuesday at the State House, Governor LePage and MaineDOT Commissioner David Bernhardt were presented with two checks from Chief Joseph Socobasin of the Passamaquoddy Tribe of Indian Township, Maine, totaling $1,900,000

Freeport ? The 2011 Northeast Transportation Safety Conference was held Nov. 8th and 9th at the Hilton Garden Inn in Freeport hosted by the Maine Transportation Safety Coalition. In attendance were transportation safety specialists from the Northeast discussing the 4 ?E?s? of safety- Enforcement, Education, Emergency services and Engineering. MaineDOT Commissioner David Bernhardt delivered welcoming remarks along with Brian Lawrence from the Federal Highway Administration, Colonel Robert Williams, Chief of the Maine State Police and Senator Bill Diamond of Windham.

Westbrook ? With recent approval from the Westbrook City Council, crews will be closing the ?Little Bridge? on East Bridge Street, from Monday, November 14 through Friday, November 18 from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. This temporary night closure will allow work crews to accelerate earthwork and paving so the project can be completed and open to two-way traffic by December 7th. East Bridge Street is adjacent to Route 302.

Ellsworth ? Residents in the town of Ellsworth need to be aware of repair work being done on Main St. Saturday evening, Nov. 12th starting at 6 p.m., through Sunday afternoon, Nov. 13th. The project is the repair of a 36? outlet pipe about 12? under the roadway. Traffic will be directed to either Water Street or State Street during this period. Message boards are currently alerting motorists, and will continue to do so throughout the repairs.

Sargent Inc., who completed the Ellsworth Route 1A project, has been contracted for this work.

Portland ? Motorists need to be aware of the Veterans Memorial Bridge closure Wednesday, Nov. 16th from 7 p.m. to Thursday No. 17th at 6 a.m. Traffic headed northbound on I-295 will be detoured to Exit 5 to the Fore River Parkway accessing the Veterans Intersection where US Route 1 and Valley Street intersect. Traffic from Main Street in South Portland will get on I-295 North and use Exit 5 to access the Fore River Parkway.

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

This winter, The Maine Department of Transportation, 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.