DEP Notifies Second Round Recipients of Grants for Culvert Upgrades

June 8, 2016

Contact: David Madore, Communications Director, david.madore@maine.gov or (207) 287-5842

(AUGUSTA) ? In November, 2014, Maine voters passed the ?Clean Water for Maine? bond. As a result, $5,400,000 in funds was earmarked for vital improvement projects including stream crossing and culvert upgrades. The projects awarded will: benefit public infrastructure by replacing several culverts that are currently failing and at risk of complete washouts, open up fish spawning habitat, eliminate undersized and other impassable culverts and reduce some of the worst ongoing erosion impacts to streams, brooks, and lakes.

The DEP received 85 applications to review which totaled over 6.8 million dollars in fund requests, the Department has issued over 2.4 million dollars in grant money through this second round of applications. The application for the third round of the Grants for Stream Crossing Public Infrastructure Improvements will be announced soon. Please visit our website for more information.

Maine DEP is pleased to announce funds for the following 29 projects across the State:

  • Brownfield ? Eaton Center Road $95,000
  • Waterford ? Five Kezars Road $95,000
  • Lincolnville ? Slab City Road $95,000
  • Willimantic ? Norton Corner Road $95,000
  • Starks ? Sayers Mill Road $45,000
  • Whitefield ? Vigue Road $74,600
  • Saco ? Industrial Park Road $95,000
  • Windham ? Falmouth Road $95,000
  • Sumner ? Redding Road $95,000
  • Washington ? Youngs Hill Road $95,000
  • Porter ? Pine Street $95,000
  • Brownville ? Front Street $95,000
  • New Gloucester ? Morse Road $95,000
  • Bar Harbor ? Cromwell Harbor Road $95,000
  • Brownfield ? Porter Road $95,000
  • Mount Chase ? Owlsboro Road $95,000
  • Orland ? Bald Mountain Road $95,000
  • Kittery Water District (York) ? Kingsbury Lane Road $95,000
  • Rob Pontau (Windsor) ? Hunt Road $17,500
  • Whiting - Halls Mills Road $95,000
  • Scott?s Neck Way Inc. (Ellsworth) ? Scott?s Neck Way $95,000
  • Freeport ? Hunter Road $79,800
  • Phippsburg ? Sam Day Hill Road $95,000
  • Dresden ? Bog Road $95,000
  • Dedham ? Upper Dedham Road $95,000
  • Fort Kent ? Multi -Purpose Heritage Trail $2,500
  • Mapleton ? Pulcifer Road $95,000
  • Newburgh ? Dahlia Farm Road $75,661
  • Arundel ? Downing Road $95,000

For more information including examples of successful applications and the master score sheet for this round please visit Maine DEP?s website http://www.maine.gov/dep/land/waterbondrfp.html