Maine Gubernatorial Candidate Visits – Part II

This just in from Ben Porter at Save Our Bridges: Another visit from a Maine Gubernatorial candidate, this coming Tuesday … Message Date: Thursday, September 2, 2010 9:04 PM From: Save Our Bridges! Subject: Gubernatorial Candidate Visits – Part II Over the past month we have had visits to Kittery by two of the Gubernatorial candidates, Elliot Cutler (Independent) and Libby Mitchell (Democrat). We have scheduled another visit next week, and are in the process of scheduling two more. In each of these meetings, our objective is to educate the candidate about the criticality of our bridges to the community, to the State of Maine, …

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Maine Offers Half a Loaf

Wednesday, August 25, 2010 — This just in from Save Our Bridges‘ Ben Porter: Maine Offers Half a Loaf As we read in this morning’s Portsmouth Herald, New Hampshire filed for TIGER II funding for replacement of the Memorial Bridge. Thanks to all of you who provided your support as well. It is a shame that that Maine’s support was so lame in the process. Let me clear things up: New Hampshire submitted the Application on its own The application for TIGER II funding was submitted by New Hampshire alone. This is in spite of the fact that the Memorial Bridge is jointly owned by …

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Act Now to Help Save Bridges!

Wednesday, August 18, 2010 — This critical message just came in from Ben Porter of Save Our Bridges! Apparently the community has a window of slightly more than two days in which to express its support for the Memorial and Sarah Mildred Long Bridges. Look for the link near the bottom of this post! Then send an e-mail! I have just received a request from Bob Landry and the NH Department of Transportation for our support. He is in the final phases of submitting the required documentation for the request for TIGER II funding from the Federal Government. One [part] of the application is an …

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Maine Senate President Coming to Badger Island August 24th

Monday, August 16, 2010 — Maine Rep. Dawn Hill has informed local bridge activists that Maine’s Senate President, Libby Mitchell, will visit Badger’s Island tomorrow one week from tomorrow* to inspect Memorial Bridge and the Sarah Mildred Long Bridge, and to conduct a forum for the area businesses and concerned residents. The forum will be held at Weathervane’s Lobster in the Rough pier on Badger’s Island, beginning at 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, August 24th. The importance of this event is, we presume, self-evident. Here is Rep. Hill’s e-mail: Good Morning Ladies & Gentlemen: Exciting and good news to share for further support of the Bridge …

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Bridge Strategy Meeting Tonight in Kittery

Tuesday, July 20, 2010 — Finally, a little bit of good news from Augusta: the Portsmouth Herald reported this morning that Maine’s Governor John Baldacci has announced that he will send a letter in support of New Hampshire’s pre-application for TIGER II stimulus money to replace Memorial Bridge. In response to Baldacci’s announcement, local pro-bridge activists will meet tonight at 4:30 p.m. in the Conference Room in Kittery’s Town Hall. The goal of the meeting, according to our source, Stephen Kosacz, is to “plan the next strategy based on the very recent news that Baldacci has agreed to sign/work with New Hampshire on the Notice …

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Connections Study Update from Ben Porter

Date: Saturday, July 17, 2010 12:33 PM From: Save Our Bridges! On Friday, the Connections Study held a conference call for the members of the Stakeholders Committee. Seventeen people attended the call, including representatives from the Study, the state DOTs, and the Stakeholders/Steering Committees. We had three objectives for the meeting: 1. Find out the positions of each of the state DOTs 2. Discuss the implications of unknown funding sources for Alternative 10 (see below), the Bike/Ped Alternative 3. Discuss how to find a workable solution that the two states could use as a basis for agreement. The answer to the first question remains somewhat …

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