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Maine Turnpike authority

Published
April 8, 2024

As eclipse seekers arrived, Maine’s roads grew unusually crowded

On the Maine Turnpike, it felt like Labor Day, while rural roads bore a rare press of traffic.
Published
April 7, 2024

Solar eclipse expected to trigger another rare event: Traffic jams in rural Maine

Public safety officials said Sunday they feel prepared to handle whatever comes their way, though no one knows how heavy traffic could be or how many people will flood central Maine and beyond.
Published
March 31, 2024

Lack of snow takes pressure off Maine’s plowing budgets, workforce

State agencies and municipal public works departments saved money allocated for snowstorm response, but diverted some of that to deal with major flooding in December and January.
Published
March 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.
Published
March 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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Published
February 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.
Published
February 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.
Published
May 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.
Published
January 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.
Published
December 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.