Lawmakers to consider Sears Island port
Maine's next Legislature will consider whether to seek the permitting of a deepwater cargo port on Sears Island in upper Penobscot Bay.
At a meeting yesterday to consider a proposal that balances development and conservation on Sears Island, the Legislature's transportation committee voted to introduce a bill that would instruct the Maine Department of Transportation to seek permitting for the cargo port, according to the Bangor Daily News. The Sears Island proposal developed by the Joint Use Planning Committee would set aside 330 acres of the 931-acre island to develop a cargo port, and place a conservation easement over the remaining 601 acres, the paper said. The committee voted to accept the proposed conservation easement, but said it would not sign it until the bill it will introduce is passed as law, the paper said.
A consulting company last November released a report that says the construction of a container port in Searsport would generate $3.6 billion in economic activity in Maine.
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