Infrastructure

The statewide border-to-border fiber “highway” dubbed MOOSE Net is among the strategies Maine Connectivity Authority is using to improve broadband access.

Planned upgrades include emote monitoring, automated processes and elimination of bacteria at a water pollution control facility.

The compact gas-insulated switchgear facility is designed to “link” multiple transmission lines together, to provide service continuity during extreme weather events.

“The Hermon plant has played an important role for us over the last decade, but our long-term direction is to stay focused on the core of what we do best,” said Sargent’s CEO.

Work will include a new administration and laboratory building. The phase will be completed by Freeport-based Doten’s Construction and represents the first component of the district’s $20.1 million upgrade.

Gorham-based Shaw Brothers Construction will manage the $1 million road resurfacing project for the Maine Department of Transportation on sections of Route 77.

Coastal Road Repair of Westbrook is managing the project, which is due to be completed by the end of June.

Larger modern fire trucks, ample space for training and equipment storage and quicker emergency response times are the focus of upgrades in three small, rural towns.

The Maine Department of Transportation will close the on ramp from northbound Route 202 to westbound I-395 on April 9 for a concrete deck placement.

An intentional seaside community in the Chautauqua tradition, founded in 1881 on Saco Bay, is looking at ways to protect its most vulnerable buildings from rising sea level and worsening windstorms.