05/06/2008
from the Kennebec Journal
Rep. Pingree hears varied proposals for health-care solutions
HALLOWELL Fire that cut communications labeled arson
MONMOUTH Police defended after slim budget rejection
State's schools chief to parley
Wasser will lead newsrooms at KJ, Sentinel and in Portland
BRIEFS
Hockey still in picture for Harrington
Portland boxer to face legend's son
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from the Morning Sentinel
$1.3 MILLION FOR HEALTHREACH
Families Matter grows to meet special needs
Chellie Pingree listens to ideas on health care reform
FARMINGTON Rain alters plans for 4th of July
District regroups after budget failure
Vote on county budget hits snag
Burnham driver wins checkered flag at 2 tracks on same day
Maine boxer gets unique opportunity
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from the Morning Sentinel
State Department of Transportation officials Monday asked the Maine Turnpike Authority to delay the bridge rehabilitation work and leave the passage unfettered.
"We have learned that the DOT wants to use that route as a material-haul route for their I-295 project," said Dan Paradee, spokesman for the Maine Turnpike Authority, referring to the state's previous announcement it will shut down 22 miles of Interstate 295 southbound for road reconstruction this summer. Traffic is to be diverted to U.S. Route 201 and other secondary roads.
Paradee said the Maine Turnpike Authority will postpone its bridge project until next year.
Last week, Litchfield selectmen raised objections to the bridge closing.
Muriel Bonin, chairman of the selectmen, said she was concerned about the effect on public safety personnel trying to respond to emergencies while the bridge was closed.
The bridge work planned this summer in Litchfield would have forced a detour for motorists traveling on Route 197, the main artery connecting Litchfield to Richmond and Sabattus.
Walt McCarty, Litchfield deputy road commissioner, said Route 197 will be used to haul materials from Pike Industries plants to the interstate project.
"I'm glad that the bridge is not going to be closed this summer," McCarty said. "And I know we're going to have to go though the same rhetoric in April or May 2009."
Betty Adams -- 621-5631
badams@centralmaine.com




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