AUGUSTA — The Maine Coastal Program is awarding more than $160,000 to nine coastal communities to improve harbor management, waterfront planning and public access.
The largest grant is going to Cranberry Isles with $30,000 earmarked for Islesford Town Dock repairs. Cumberland is getting $20,906 toward the Payson Pier replacement project. Portland will get $22,500 for its East End Beach nonmotorized boating facility.
Projects in Bath, Brunswick, Frenchboro, Ogunquit, Sedgwick and Wells are also getting grants.
The program is part of the state Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. The grant money comes from the department’s coastal management award from the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration and the state’s Submerged Land Program.
Each community receiving a grant will match at least 25 percent of it with money or services.
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