Jan. 18—The Maine Department of Transportation floated a three-year plan Tuesday that increased its spending and number of road projects with an influx of federal money despite ongoing high materials costs. The department plans 2,316 projects from 2022 to 2024, up 13 percent from its last plan released in 2020. The total value of the projects is up 22 percent to $3.17 billion. New federal and ...阅读更多
The state Supreme Court may have closed a decade of litigation over responsibility for the Kleen Energy gas plant explosion with a decision that absolves the plant owner and its administrative agent of negligence and liability for the construction accident that killed six and injured 27 more. It is the second loss at the state’s high court for the workers and families of workers seeking ...阅读更多
12月26个新费尔菲尔德——尽管一些供应链problems resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, the district's two school building projects are moving along. "Both the Consolidated project and the high school project remain on time and on budget," said the school district's business and operations director, Rich Sanzo. Funding for a $29.2 million Consolidated Early Learning Academy and $84.2 ...阅读更多
A group working to expand broadband internet services across rural Vermont says there will be at least 2,000 miles (over 3,200 kilometers) of fiber optic cable ready for installation during the 2022 construction season. Christine Hallquist, executive director the Vermont Community Broadband Board, announced Monday that three groups were working together to provide 1,000 miles (1,600 ...阅读更多
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine's environmental commissioner suspended a permit Tuesday for a $1 billion electricity transmission line, delivering another blow to the project aimed at bringing Canadian hydropower to New England. Commissioner Melanie Loyzim's decision comes after Maine residents rebuked the project in a referendum and the developers suspended construction under pressure from the ...阅读更多
Nov. 23—BROOKFIELD — A long-discussed luxury apartment complex in Brookfield will look quite different from its original plan once construction is completed. The updated design for Green Acres Luxury Apartments, which was originally approved by the Zoning Commission in 2013 but is under new ownership, will downsize from four buildings to two. Designs for the Federal Road complex still call for ...阅读更多
Nov. 19—AUGUSTA, Maine — The company building the controversial hydropower corridor from the Canadian border to Lewiston said Friday that it will temporarily suspend construction of the project following a request from Gov. Janet Mills, who has backed the project. Mills called on the company to halt construction Friday while legal challenges to the transmission line and the successful November ...阅读更多