OGUNQUIT — The Maine Department of Transportation held a daylong Town Hall Meeting in Ogunquit on Wednesday, providing an update on the $13.5 million U.S. Route 1 construction project. The project will add sidewalks and two additional bridges to one of Maine’s biggest summer destinations.

Town Manager Tom Fortier said that they received “a lot of compli- ments” from residents who praised both the accessibility of town officials and the MDOT during the Town Hall meeting about the construction project as a whole. MDOT has created a website dedicated to providing up-to-date information and shared updates on the project using various social media channels.

“One thing we learned at the first phase is people want to know when are you going to be in front of my house,” Fortier said, pointing out that the MDOT is trying to be more precise about the scope and progression of construction during the process by posting weekly updates through their website.

“If you have any other questions or concerns, we’re pretty good about posting these to websites.”

The MDOT agreed to stop road construction between July and Labor Day to avoid creating delays for Ogunquit’s tourism industry and the crush of summer residents. During early August, when peak tourism traffic remained pretty consistent in downtown Ogunquit, some visitors saw delays towards the Ogunquit-Wells line as workers resurfaced temporary bridges in order to facilitate smoother and easier travel between the two towns. However, Fortier said that when construction does begin again in full force on Sept. 8, residents and visitors can expect to see delays.

“The next two months have been identified as the toughest,” Fortier said. “Ogunquit is still very busy in the month of September and October, and therefore night work is scheduled for the next two months which will affect visitors and residents alike.”

MDOT made it clear that construction will proceed as planned after the summer pause, and they are still planning to meet their deadline of December 2016 to finish the project.

“Nothing has changed,” Ted Talbot, spokesman for the MDOT said, noting that the paving schedule will ramp up in September along with bridge work and surfacing.