MDOT has $22.8Min improvements planned for Piscataquis County

Dexter area slated for $6.8 million

Staff Report

    AUGUSTA — Maine Department of Transportation Commissioner David Bernhardt has released his department’s statewide work plan for the next three years, which leverages a $100 million voter-approved transportation bond passed last November.
    Members of Associated General Contractors and supporters joined Bernhardt and Gov. Paul LePage at a press conference last week, noting that more than 1,600 projects are on the work plan through 2016.

    Locally, more than $22.8 million in road repairs and bridge improvements for Piscataquis County are in the work plan and another $6.8 million is in the budget for the Dexter area.
    “This work plan is exactly that: a summary of the work that we plan to do,” said Bernhardt.  “We work hard to follow through.”
    The major projects in the Penquis region include some long-anticipated upgrades to Route 7 in Dexter, Route 11 in Brownville and Route 150 between Parkman and Guilford. Some projects like the Route 150 upgrade, however, won’t be completed until 2015-16, according to the work plan.
    Here are summaries of some major projects and estimated cost.
    Big Moose, Moosehead Junction and Cove Point Townships: Upgrade Route 6 from the entrance of the Moosehead Industrial park to just north of Upper Squaw Brook. ($1,506,743)
    Brownville: Replacement of Whetstone Bridge culvert which carries Route 11 over Whetstone Brook. ($1,100,000); replacement of the Brownville Junction Bridge which carries Route 11 (Davis Street) over Pleasant River. ($2,700,000) (2015/16)
    Dover-Foxcroft: “Mill and fill” Route 15 beginning just north of Shamrock Road for 2.43 miles. ($1,358,260)
    Dover-Foxcroft, Sebec: Paving 1-1/4 inch overlay on Route 6 starting at Free Street and extending north 6.4 miles. ($1,975,000) (2015/16)
    Greenville, Beaver Cove, Lily Bay and Frenchtown townships: Paving Lily Bay Road starting and Route 6 extending north 18.9 miles. ($777,032)
    Guilford: Replacement of the deck on Memorial Bridge which carries Routes 6, 15, 16, & 150 (Main Street) over the Piscataquis River. ($1,500,000) (2015/16)
    Milo and Brownville: “Mill and fill” Route 11 beginning north of Park Street and extending north 4.8 miles. ($1,441,000)
    Parkman, Guilford: Rehabilitation of about a half-mile of Route 150 beginning just south of the Guilford-Parkman. ($785,500) (2015/16)
    Sebec, Milo: Rehabilitation of Routes 6/16 from Stagecoach Road in Sebec to Sargent Hill Drive in Milo, approximately 4.5 miles. ($3,830,000) (2015/16)
    Dexter: Reconstruction of 1.6 miles of Route 7 starting north of Mechanic Street. ($5,530,000); “mill and fill” Route 23 starting at Dam Street and north 2.6 miles. ($1,058,038)
    For the complete list of projects, visit http://maine.gov/mdot/projects/workplan.