For over a year now, Simpson Road has been closed at the Stackpole Bridge between Route 112 and the Salmon Falls area of Buxton.
Saco farm businesses, commuters and health care providers must drive almost seven extra miles to get to downtown Saco and other turnpike corridor locations. Postal service has been reduced to a group mailbox. Residents on the Route 112 side of Simpson Road need to drive further to reach Buxton and locations.
On Nov. 4, we’ll vote on a $990,000 bond package that’s likely the most affordable solution to restoring or replacing Stackpole Bridge that the city will ever have.
The bond package includes a 10-year, 1.625 percent Maine Department of Transportation loan, and a matching $495,000, 20-year regular Saco municipal bond. Replacing or restoring a 166-year-old bridge on a public road with over 80 residences for under $1 million seems a fair price to taxpayers.
Tom Klak
Jeanne Hey
Saco
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