Updated July 29
Portland’s first traffic roundabout set to open Friday
The Deering s Corner Roundabout reorganizes traffic flow in what had been a six-way intersection at the intersections of Deering and Brighton avenues and Falmouth Street.
This bird s-eye photo of the roundabout, taken June 8, was posted on Portland s website.
Portland will open the Deering’s Corner Roundabout, the first to be built in the city, to traffic on Friday.
The roundabout, at the intersections of Deering and Brighton avenues and Falmouth Street near the University of Maine School of Law and University of Southern Maine, marks a significant change in how the city will handle the heavy traffic that passes through the neighborhood.
‘We have to create something to share’: Native plant garden and sculpture park in central Pa. ready to open
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On a warm, sunny spring day, Jane Allis eagerly points out newly sprouted plants poking through fallen, dry oak leaves.
“It’s been really exciting to see each one leaf out and emerge from its dormant state,” she said.
She has every reason to be excited – she planted 8,000 native plants, perennials and grasses at the Bower, which is the culmination of several years of work by her and her husband, Bill. It will open to the public on May 1.