The national transportation research group TRIP released their list of the 50 transportation projects that they believe will benefit the economic growth and quality of life in Maine.
Report: Infrastructure projects would grow state
By Dennis Hoey, Staff Writer
The Portland Press Herald
PORTLAND — A national transportation research organization has identified 50 transportation-related projects that it says would support economic growth in Maine and improve residents’ quality of life.
projects encompass the entire state, from replacing the Martins Point Bridge in Portland and rehabilitating the Sarah Mildred Long Bridge in Kittery to developing a new cargo port at Sears Island and building an east-west highway from Calais to Coburn Gore.
Most of the projects listed by TRIP, a nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C., would cost millions of dollars. The east-west highway would cost an estimated $1 billion to build.
Some of the projects already have been funded.
Frank Moretti, director of policy and research for TRIP, said he will present the organization’s findings during a press conference at 10 a.m. today at AAA headquarters on Marginal Way in Portland.
TRIP, founded in 1971, is sponsored by insurance companies, equipment manufacturers and labor unions that advocate maintaining a safe and efficient transportation system nationwide.
“In the long term these improvements will enhance economic competitiveness and improve the quality of life for the state’s residents and visitors by reducing travel delays and transportation costs, improving access and mobility, improving safety and stimulating sustained job growth,” TRIP says in the introduction to the report it will present today.
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