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Maine Bike Path Hits Speed Bumps With Railroad Agreement

A proposed 25-mile bike path that would stretch from Portland to Auburn using a retired railway has run into complications as transit officials are working to draft a new agreement with the rail company.

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Topsham-Brunswick group to files appeal notice to save bridge

Federal judge rules in favor of MDOT on Topsham-Brunswick bridge replacement suit

Federal judge rules in favor of MDOT on Topsham-Brunswick bridge replacement suit The decision means Maine Department of Transportation s plan to replace the heavily traveled, 90-year-old-bridge can move ahead. Share TOPSHAM A federal judge has ruled in favor of the Maine Department of Transportation’s bid to replace the Frank J. Wood Bridge between Topsham and Brunswick. The nearly-90-year-old bridge to carry Route 201 and Route 24 traffic over the Androscoggin River. U.S. District Judge Lance Walker’s ruling was filed Wednesday. The state’s decision to demolish the 89-year-old truss bridge was controversial. Friends of the Frank J. Wood Bridge, the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the Historic Bridge Foundation sued in September 2019, alleging the Federal Highway Administration and Maine Department of Transportation relied on inaccurate information to artificially inflate the projected costs of rehabilitating the existing bridge. MeDOT has denied those cl