Settle Bridge Questions

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A citizen's group opposed to the placement of a major crossing between Maine and New Brunswick wants the Army Corps of Engineers to hold a public hearing on the matter before reaching any conclusion, which it is expected to do later this month. The request for a hearing is fair and necessary for several reasons.

The Friends of Magurrewock, which has gathered 1,200 signatures in opposition to building the bridge in Calais as planned, largely have environmental questions on their minds. Specifically, if the planned Calais International Bridge crossing is to send a large volume of truck traffic through the two-lane Routes 1 and 9 within the Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge, how long will it be until the traffic demands the road be expanded to four lanes?

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Settle Bridge Questions

This is important because the alternative bridge routes (known as 2, which is no longer being considered, and 2A) would cross the St. Croix River west of the ...

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