Updated August 3
Price tag for easing Brunswick road’s heavy congestion could be in the millions
Brunswick s Pleasant Street sees thousands of vehicles daily, and experienced dozens of crashes in 2020.
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A taxi pulls out from the intersection of River Road and Pleasant Street in Brunswick on Tuesday, Aug. 3. The town council is weighing options on how to ease congestion on the heavily-traveled section of Route 1.
C. Thacher Carter / The Times Record
Town officials are weighing how to ease congestion on one of Brunswick’s most heavily traveled roads, but those solutions may come with a hefty price tag. A transportation engineer presented with the first recommendations last week about how to solve traffic congestion issues on Pleasant Street, a roughly two-mile segment of Route 1 linking Interstate 295 and downtown Brunswick.
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Brunswick council approves contract for new $9.1 million fire station
The single-story brick building was designed by WBRC Architects and will sit on a 2.4-acre lot on Pleasant Street.
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Brunswick Town Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a $9.1 million contract with Ledgewood Construction to build a new fire station at the intersection of Pleasant and Webster streets.
The contract is expected to be signed by the South Portland based company today and construction could begin as early as next week, according to Town Manager John Eldridge.
The single-story brick building was designed by WBRC Architects and will sit on a 2.4-acre lot. The station will be around 26,000 square feet and will include seven bays, community space, bunk rooms, kitchenettes, offices and a Brunswick Fire Department display museum.
After decades of public debate, the town of Brunswick and a South Portland contractor expect to sign a $9.15 million agreement as soon as Wednesday to break ground on what could be one of the largest fire stations in Maine.
The 26,000-square-foot, seven-bay facility would be built by Ledgewood Construction, if the Brunswick Town Council green-lights the contract in a meeting Tuesday evening. Ledgewood submitted the low bid in a competitive procurement that drew proposals from 10 Maine construction companies, according to a town memo in support of the contract.
Ledgewood spokeswoman Lisa Beeler on Monday told Mainebiz the firm is ready to ink the deal and could begin work on the firehouse, at the corner of Pleasant and Webster streets, next week. She expects construction to take about 16 months.
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Rockland Fire Chief Chris Whytock and Rockport Fire Chief Jason Peasley (Photo courtesy City of Rockland)
Chris Whytock, Fire Chief for the City of Rockland, has been awarded his Chief Fire Officer Level II certification from Maine Fire Chief’s Association.
The officer program was developed by the Maine Fire Chief’s Association and looks not only at work experience and training but also professional contributions, memberships and community involvement.
According to Brunswick’s Fire Chief, Kenneth Brillant, Chief Whytock has demonstrated a great deal of involvement in all these areas. “It is a testament of his hard work and dedication to the position of Chief for the Rockland Fire Department”, said Chief Brillant, in a news release.