BANGOR - The Maine Department of Transportation closed its Region 4 office in Bangor this morning in response to an employee within the facility testing positive for COVID-19. The office is being cleaned today. It will reopen to the public and employees tomorrow.
MaineDOT was informed of the employee's positive test result this morning and notified coworkers. The department is working to identify close contacts of this individual, who is isolating and was last in the office on Tuesday. No members of the public have been identified as close contacts.
MaineDOT temporarily closed the Bangor office as a precaution, to allow time for appropriate cleaning and sanitizing per guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. We expect the building will reopen tomorrow.
In order to abide by privacy requirements, MaineDOT is limited in releasing further information about this case. We wish our employee a speedy recovery.
All MaineDOT offices have instituted appropriate physical distancing, face covering, and sanitation policies.