The $49.9 million project, by Reed & Reed Inc. for the Maine Department of Transportation, will entail demolishing the 88-year-old Frank J. Wood Bridge between Brunswick and Topsham and replacing it with a structure designed to last a century.
The new Madawaska Land Port of Entry will open June 6, according to the General Services Administration, which partnered with U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
Despite raw material cost increases, the replacement of a century-old bridge between the Aroostook County town of Madawaska and Edmundston, New Brunswick, remains on track for completion in 2023.Â
The 2021 campaign, set to kick off later this month, will feature a mix of in-person and virtual events. During last year's all-virtual version, 226 employers participated and 145 veterans and military family members were hired.
Reed & Reed Inc. beat out two in-state rivals for the Madawaska-Edmundston International Bridge Project, which will replace a century-old span between Maine and New Brunswick.
Hebert and Szanton team up in Portland and in Auburn, while other construction projects in Maine range from a medical office building in Norway to Gardiner's replacement of the Bridge Street Bridge.
A bill sponsored by state Sen. Nate Libby, D-Lewiston, to incentivize and assist with the development of cooperatives and employee-owned businesses was unanimously approved by the Legislature’s Taxation Committee on Tuesday.
Construction on a new turnpike toll plaza in York will begin next month, following Maine Turnpike Authority's award of a three-year $39.5 million contract to Reed & Reed of Woolwich.