Maine Turnpike authority
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PublishedMarch 21, 2024
Opposition mounts before public meeting on proposed Gorham Connector route
The Maine Turnpike Authority has invited the public to a meeting on Monday to learn more about its plan to build a 5-mile, 4-lane highway from the turnpike in South Portland to the Gorham Bypass.
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PublishedMarch 20, 2024
Smiling Hill Farm ready to ‘fight back’ against proposed Gorham Connector route
The Maine Turnpike Authority, which proposes buying 47.3 acres of Smiling Hill Farm for the new road, will hold a community meeting on the project Monday in Gorham.
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PublishedFebruary 10, 2024
Smiling Hill Farm could be a roadblock for preferred Gorham Connector route
The 500-acre, 13th-generation family operation in Westbrook wants to preserve the farmland and forest it has cultivated and harvested since 1720, but some of its woodland lies in the path of the Maine Turnpike Authority's proposed 4-lane highway.
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PublishedFebruary 6, 2024
Maine Turnpike Authority has 35% of Gorham Connector land in hand
The proposed regional toll road's route, announced this week, would extend from Maine Turnpike Exit 45 in South Portland to the Gorham Bypass at Route 114 in Gorham, but opponents say it's a faulty fix for traffic congestion.
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PublishedMay 27, 2023
More than 1 million vehicles expected on Maine Turnpike this weekend
The volume of Memorial Day weekend traffic may break a record, with lower fuel prices encouraging more motorists to hit the road.
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PublishedJanuary 31, 2023
After years of traffic headaches, construction to begin on Maine Turnpike’s new Saco exit
The new exit is expected to open in 2025 about a mile south of the current Saco interchange, according to the Maine Turnpike Authority.
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PublishedDecember 19, 2022
Worker shortages put Maine plowing operations between a rock and a snowbank
Businesses are having trouble hiring enough drivers to clear lots and driveways, and the Department of Transportation also is understaffed heading into winter.
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PublishedAugust 3, 2022
Maine Turnpike’s Rand Road exit expected to reopen by Saturday
The on-ramp, connecting Rand Road to the turnpike, was closed for construction on Monday as part of the turnpike widening project.
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PublishedJuly 29, 2022
Why build new tollbooths if the Maine Turnpike plans a future without cash?
The Maine Turnpike Authority says going cashless will take time.
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PublishedJuly 27, 2022
At summer’s peak, tourism has been a mixed bag so far in Maine
Visitors are still coming, but higher gas and other prices have some reining in their spending.
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