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Bond Question: June 10, 2008Question: Do you favor a $29,725,000 bond issue for natural resource, agricultural and transportation infrastructure that will leverage $29,780,000 in other funds? Voting Result: Passed View Authorization/Project Information Authorization/Project InformationDepartment: Department of Inland Fisheries and WildlifeProject Description: Provides funds for major rehabilitation of dams. Amount: $300,000 Department: Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlifewww.maine.gov/ifw/fishing/index.htm Project Description: Provides funds for upgrades to fish hatcheries to meet water quality requirements. Amount: $2,000,000 Department: Department of Environmental Protectionwww.maine.gov/dep/blwq/engin.htm Project Description: Provides funds to fund the small community grant program, which provides grants to rural communities to address specific water pollution problems. Amount: $1,000,000 Department: Department of Environmental Protectionwww.maine.gov/dep/blwq/engin.htm Project Description: Provides funds to investigate and clean up uncontrolled hazardous substance contamination at sites posing unacceptable threats to public health and water quality. Amount: $2,000,000 Department: Department of Environmental Protectionwww.maine.gov/dep/blwq/engin.htm Project Description: Provides funds to identify and address pollution problems at closed landfills under a statutory mandate to monitor and inspect closed municipal facilities. Bonds will repay municipalities that conducted remedial actions such as waterline extensions or landfill gas collection to protect nearby residential property. Amount: $800,000 Department: Department of Environmental Protectionwww.maine.gov/dep/blwq/engin.htm Project Description: Provides funds to address public health and environmental threats by preventing pollution from abandoned landfills left behind by corporations that went bankrupt. Amount: $300,000 Department: Department of Environmental ProtectionProject Description: Provides funds to replace aging or obsolete equipment used to monitor air quality for public health concerns. The State can no longer rely on federal funding to support this effort. Amount: $300,000 Department: Department of Transportationwww.maine.gov/mdot/Projects.php Project Description: Highway and Bridge Improvements Amount: $10,000,000 Department: Department of Transportationwww.maine.gov/mdot/Projects.php Project Description: Ferry and Port Improvements Amount: $500,000 Department: Department of Transportationwww.maine.gov/mdot/Projects.php Project Description: Airports Amount: $200,000 Department: Department of Transportationwww.maine.gov/mdot/Projects.php Project Description: Transit and Bus Improvements Amount: $1,000,000 Department: Department of Transportationwww.maine.gov/mdot/Projects.php Project Description: Pedestrian and Bicycle Trails Amount: $950,000 Department: Department of Transportationwww.maine.gov/mdot/Projects.php Project Description: Passenger and Freight Rail Improvements Amount: $9,675,000 Department: Department of Transportationwww.maine.gov/mdot/Projects.php Project Description: Provides funds for reconstruction of a bulkhead and wharf at the former United States Coast Guard facility in Portland. Amount: $700,000 |
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