BREWER - The Maine Department of Transportation will begin work on the next phase of construction for the Brewer Riverwalk on Monday, August 8th. Work will begin at Hardy Street and continue for 900' south along the Penobscot River. Work includes paving a new, ten-foot-wide multiuse path, lighting, WiFi, benches, and trash receptacles. During construction, the shoulder of Route15/South Main Street will be closed. This work will provide enhancements to the existing Riverwalk. Work is anticipated to be completed on 9-20-22. The contractor in Maine Earth out of Hampden.

WATERVILLE - The Maine Department of Transportation will be temporarily closing the northbound I-95 on-ramp at Exit 130 in Waterville, to replace a high mast light tower. The ramp is scheduled to be closed from 9:00 p.m. on Thursday, August 18th and reopen as soon as work is completed on Friday, August 19th.The contractor for this job is Cote Crane.

NEW GLOUCESTER / AUBURN - The Maine Department of Transportation will be doing paving work on part of Route 202. The project area begins 0.20 miles south of the New Gloucester/Auburn town line and extends north 3.78 miles. Work is scheduled to begin on August 8th and end by November 24th. Drivers may encounter a single-lane, alternating traffic pattern. The contractor on this project is Northeast Paving of Bangor. The contract amount is $1,675,326.00.

JACKMAN - The Maine Department of Transportation has closed a section of Route 6/15 in Jackman after two days of heavy rainfall led to a culvert failure. The upstream shoulder and half of the travel lane have been washed out.

MaineDOT is setting up a detour that involves taking Route 201 to Bingham and Route 16 in Abbot. The total detour length is 143 miles. This section of Route 6/15 in Jackman serves nearly 800 vehicles on an average day. A large percentage of this traffic is trucks.

HAMPDEN - As part of the ongoing work on the Hampden Bridge Bundle Project, the Maine Department of Transportation will be shifting southbound interstate traffic back to the existing I-95 highway at the Emerson Mill Road Bridge in Hampden on the night of Wednesday, August 17th. Inclement weather may push this traffic shift to the night of Thursday, August 18th. This is the final traffic shift of the Hampden Bridge Bundle project.

FARMINGDALE - The Maine Department of Transportation will be replacing a failing culvert on Maple Street in Farmingdale next week. Work will begin on Tuesday, August 16th and be finished on Wednesday, August 17th. The culvert is located approximately 200 feet north of the Maine Turnpike overpass. Crews will have to close the road to accommodate this work. Traffic will be detoured to Granite Hill Road and Hallowell Litchfield Road. The detour length is approximately four miles. This work will be done by crews from MaineDOT's Bureau of Maintenance & Operations.

FAIRFIELD - The Maine Department of Transportation will be temporarily closing the northbound I-95 on- and off-ramps at Exit 133 in Fairfield tonight to do crack-sealing work. These ramps are scheduled to be closed at 9:00 p.m. tonight and to be opened at 6:00 a.m. tomorrow. In the event of inclement weather, this schedule will be pushed forward by one day.This work is part of a contract awarded to Northeast Paving of Hermon. The total contract amount is $11,819,411.

STOCKTON SPRINGS - The Maine Department of Transportation has begun work to replace a large box culvert on Route 1 in Stockton Springs. The project area is just north of the Searsport/Stockton Springs town line. Work began today and is scheduled to finish on November 23rd. Drivers should expect to encounter narrow lanes, traffic signals, and single-lane traffic patterns. The contractor on this project is Gordon Contracting, Inc. out of Sangerville. The contract amount is $1,479,479.

BELGRADE - The Maine Department of Transportation has closed part of Castle Island Road in Belgrade after part of a bridge structure failed. The affected area is approximately two miles west of Route 27. Signs are posted to direct drivers to a 14-mile-long detour that uses Watson Pond Road a town road. The bridge is scheduled to be replaced in 2024. Maintenance crews and department management are working on a short-term fix to be able to reopen the road.

AUGUSTA - Today, the Maine Department of Transportation announced the beginning of work to install solar arrays on three state-owned properties in Augusta.

The three projects are located at the Augusta Airport and inside the I-95 interchanges at Exits 109 and 112. Once completed, the arrays will provide low-cost renewable energy to power both the Capital complex and East Campus.