At the February 2 City Council meeting, Sanford Public Works Director Matt Hill gave a presentation on upcoming Maine Department of Transportation plans for our community, including several major construction projects, totaling many miles of roadway, planned for this year.
Four of our major arterials will have resurfacing work done this year:
Mount Hope Road will also undergo full reconstruction this year.
Smaller MDOT projects for 2021 include the replacement of a large culvert on Lebanon Road, which has been a chronic maintenance issue, and resurfacing Goodwin’s Bridge Road.
The Westside Village project, which will reconstruct Shaw Street, Prescott Street, and portions of Kimball Street and Twombley Road is planned for this summer. The final public hearing on the project will be held (virtually) on Thursday, February 11. Links to more information about the projects are here. This is a city of Sanford Capital Improvement Plan project, not a Maine DOT project.
In addition to all of these projects, the Route 4/School St. intersection will have preliminary engineering work done by MDOT to address safety issues. The Powers Bridge, just south of that intersection will also be reengineered, as it is too narrow.
Some large projects are also in the works for the next few years.
Mr. Hill told the City Council that the amount of federal and state funds Sanford has been allotted over the next three years for construction and engineering has increased from $12.9 million to $16.5 million. “This increase corresponds with our local drive to better our community, and our initiatives to cooperate, advocate, and invest in our City for the purposes of improving quality of life and economic revitalization,” he said.
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