KENNEBEC COUNTY - The Maine Department of Transportation will be doing paving work and making other improvements along Route 9 in Wales, Monmouth, and Litchfield. The work area begins in Wales, at the Sabattus town line, and extends north for approximately 7.5 miles through Monmouth and into part of Litchfield. This will be daytime work and will involve some alternating, one-lane traffic patterns. Construction is scheduled to run from May 10th through June 30th. The contractor for this work is All States Materials Group, headquartered in Sunderland, Massachusetts. This contract for this project also involves paving work on Route 219 in Leeds and Wayne. The total contract amount is $2,021,188.