Gorham traffic is pictured at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at the intersection of Main Street and New Portland Road.

GORHAM — Commuters traveling daily through the heart of Gorham Village during rush hours have been spared a major pain, at least for now.

The Maine Department of Transportation last week rejected a multi-million dollar bid to rebuild a 1.5-mile stretch of Route 25. Shaw Brothers Construction of Gorham bid $6.6 million and it was the only bidder on the project.

“Our plan is to reassess the design and advertise again in July,|” Rob Betz, the MDOT southern region project manager, told the American Journal in an email Friday.

The project calls for reconstruction of the highway from near the Main Street (Route 25) intersection with Johnson Road, continuing through the village up State Street to near the intersection with Cressey Road. The state specified that the work be accomplished at night.

The rehab includes replacing water mains more than a century old.

Gorham voters in November 2015 approved borrowing up to $600,000 as the town’s share.

Jon Shaw, president of Shaw Brothers, said Tuesday the state wanted the project to move ahead but the water district and the town didn’t have enough money designated for the project. Shaw said night work impacts the cost and the delay could drive costs upward.

“I think they missed an opportunity,” Shaw said about the rejected bid.

Robert Lowell can be reached at 854-2577 or [email protected]