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Monday, March 8, 2021

New round of municipal stream crossing grants awarded by Maine DEP

AUGUSTA, March 8, 2021 — Maine voters approved a bond package in 2018 that included $5 million dollars for vital infrastructure improvements at municipal stream crossings. These monies fund competitive grants that match local funding for the upgrade of culverts at stream crossings on municipal roads. The awarded projects will benefit public infrastructure and safety by replacing failing culverts that are at risk of complete washout or collapse; reduce flooding and increase resiliency with the installation or larger, higher capacity and longer-lived crossings. The upgraded crossings will also benefit fish and wildlife by opening and reconnecting stream habitat fragmented by undersized and impassable culverts, represent a cost-effective and efficient investment, and match local funds committed to the project.


The Maine Department of Environmental Protection

(DEP) received 47 applications totaling over $5.5 million dollars in funding requests. The forty-two stream crossing projects funded this round will result in new or improved fish passage to nearly 100 miles of streams statewide. Previous rounds of culvert grants have resulted in the distribution of $10.7 million in bond funds for 130 infrastructure improvements in Maine communities statewide.


Maine DEP is pleased to announce funds for the following 42 projects across the State:

MUNICIPALITY

PROJECT LOCATION

AMOUNT AWARDED

Auburn

Fish Hatchery Road

$125,000

Bangor

Grandview Avenue

$68,358.33

Biddeford

Granite Point Road

$125,000

Blanchard Township

Taylor Road

$125,000

Bowdoinham

Dingley Road

$125,000

Cathance Township

East Ridge Road

$125,000

Corinna

Line Road

$125,000

Corinna

Sunken Bridge Road

$125,000

Dedham

Bald Mountain Road

$125,000

Denmark

Moose Pond Road

$125,000

Dover-Foxcroft

Grove Street

$125,000

Durham

Quaker Meeting House Road

$125,000

Eddington

Clewleyville Road

$70,000

Eddington

Davis Road

$75,000

Fairfield

Old Country Road

$125,000

Falmouth

Mast Road

$125,000

Fayette

Jackman’s Mill Road

$125,000

Hartland

Fuller Corner Road

$125,000

Hollis

Muddy Brook Road

$125,000

Litchfield

Dead River Road

$125,000

Litchfield

Dead River Road

$50,000

Ludlow

Ludlow Road

$125,000

Millinocket

Penobscot Avenue

$125,000

Monroe

Dixmont Road

$125,000

Mount Desert

Beech Hill Cross Road

$125,000

Naples

Edes Falls Road

$125,000

Naples

Horace Files Road

$110,000

Norway

Morse Road

$85,000

Paris

Parson Road

$125,000

Peru

Packard Road

$76,180

Pownal

Poland Range Road

$125,000

Durham

Swamp Road

$125,000

Rockland

West Meadow Road

$125,000

Sabattus

Marsh Road

$125,000

Sabattus

Marsh Road

$96,000

Thomaston

Beechwood Street

$125,000

Trescott Township

Wilcox Road

$125,000

Wells

Bragdon Road

$125,000

Willimantic

Elliotsville Road

$125,000

Willimantic

Mountain Road

$125,000

Wiscasset

Old Ferry Road

$125,000

Woodstock

Old County Road

$125,000

For more information including examples of successful applications and the master score sheet for this round please visit Maine DEP's website: https://www.maine.gov/dep/land/grants/stream-crossing-upgrade.html

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