MaineDOT Public Meetings, Notices & Workshops

FMI-Phone: (207) 446-6419
FMI-Email: Denver.Small@maine.gov
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MaineDOT invites and encourages you to attend an on-demand public meeting to provide information about the proposed project. This can be viewed at any time during the formal comment period and allows for online comments and questions that will be answered by MaineDOT staff. The formal comment period will last from May 2, 2025 through May 21, 2025.

FMI-Phone: (207) 446-6419
FMI-Email: Denver.Small@maine.gov
Website: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/415913f8cfcf4fc5a5cc3039a8fe6dd4
Download the Notice: DOC | PDF

MaineDOT invites and encourages you to attend an on-demand public meeting to provide information about the proposed project. This can be viewed at any time during the formal comment period and allows for online comments and questions that will be answered by MaineDOT staff. The formal comment period will last from May 2, 2025 through May 21, 2025.

Download the Notice: DOC | PDF

MaineDOT invites and encourages you to attend an on-demand public meeting to provide information about the proposed project. This can be viewed at any time during the formal comment period and allows for online comments and questions that will be answered by MaineDOT staff. The formal comment period will last from May 5th, 2025 to May 19th 2025

Questions, comments, or inquiries can be made at the on-demand meeting or directed to the Project Manager below.

Ernie Martin, Senior Project Manager Maine Department of Transportation, 24 Child Street, 16 State House Station, Augusta, Maine 04333-0016. Telephone: 207-624-3381 Email: Ernest.martin@maine.gov

Access to this and all other active meeting presentations is available on our Public Meetings Page located at bit.ly/mainedot-meetings.

For more information regarding MaineDOT Public Involvement, including meeting accessibility and available accommodations you may request for all types of meetings, please see the link to our Background Information page. bit.ly/background-publicinvolvement.

Website: https://www.maine.gov/mdot/env/frankjwood/
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The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and Maine DOT have completed a Limited Scope Section 4(f) Re-Evaluation for the Frank J. Wood Bridge Project (WIN# 22603.00). The project consists of replacement of the Frank J. Wood Bridge (#2016) on a curved upstream alignment. The bridge carries US Route 201 over the Androscoggin River between Brunswick and Topsham, Maine.

The scope of the Re-Evaluation is limited to conducting an analysis directed by a United States District Court Order. On March 2, 2022, the U.S District Court for the District of Maine ordered FHWA to conduct "further administrative proceedings consistent with the opinion of the Court of Appeals, i.e.: 'for the strictly limited purpose of allowing the agency to further justify use of the service-life analysis and/or to decide whether a 53% price differential represents a cost of an extraordinary magnitude under 23 C.F.R. 774.17." Historic Bridge Found. V. Buttigieg, No. 2:19-cv-408 (D. Me. Mar. 2, 2022) (quoting Historic Bridge Found. v. Buttigieg, 22 F.4th 275, 286 (1st Cir. 2022)).

The Section 4(f) Re-Evaluation finds that the 53% difference in 2019 Life Cycle Costs between replacement and rehabilitation alternatives is a cost of extraordinary magnitude in the context of the Project at issue. This Re-Evaluation also finds that as a result of the cost of extraordinary magnitude the rehabilitation alternatives are not prudent and feasible.

Interested parties may review the document at https://www.maine.gov/mdot/env/frankjwood/ .

Pursuant to Executive Order 11988 (Floodplain Management) and Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) implementing regulations at Title 44 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 9, FEMA hereby provides notice of its decision to provide Public Assistance Program funding for an action located in a floodplain. Funding would be provided through Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to the Maine Department of Transportation for repairs to Cliff Island Pier and Little Diamond Landing.

Work at Little Diamond Island Landing includes replacing the concrete footings with mitigation measures including the upgrading the rip rap/rock line and addition of geotextile fabric for soil stabilization at the site. Additionally, an anchorage system (e.g., wire rope tie downs) will be added as mitigation at the landing.

Work at Cliff Island Landing includes replacing the landing decking, the shelter and storage building, and the board siding. Additionally, an anchorage system will be added as mitigation to strengthen the facility.

The project is located within the coastal high hazard area of the floodplain. During construction, work may have temporary effects; however, no permanent adverse effects to the natural and beneficial values of the floodplain are anticipated. The facilities are pre-existing and functionally dependent on their location in the water, as they serve the purpose of ingress/egress for their respective islands. Maps of the areas are available upon request.

Alternatives considered and dismissed include No Action and repairs in-kind. The proposed action is the preferred alternative as it effectively strengthens these functionally dependent facilities and increases their useful life. Grant conditions will also require compliance with all federal, state and local laws, including coordination with the local floodplain administrator.

Per 44 CRF 9.8, this notice is intended to serve as the only public notice for this project.

Map requests and questions about this project and potential floodplain impacts should be submitted within 15 days of the date of this publication to:

FEMA Region 1 Mitigation Division 220 Binney St, Cambridge, MA 02142 fema-r1-compta-env@fema.dhs.gov