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Schedule
November 2024
MaineDOT announces plan for a more durable temporary bridge and releases the Public and Agency Information Document. More details are available on the project Story Map.
November 2023-Present
MaineDOT continues to receive input on project and participate in Town of Machias sponsored monthly coordination meetings.
November 2023
MaineDOT announces preservation efforts and a new preferred alternative for replacement. More information is available on the project's News page.
June 2022
MaineDOT Held an in-person Public Meeting updating the public on the study and presented a bridge alternative as a bridge replacement, MaineDOT later changed the preferred alternative to a structure with continued use of fully gated culverts. A meeting transcript is available on the project's Public Involvement page.
- Open House schedule for 9-14-2021
- Existing structure continues to deteriorate
- March 2021 Virtual Public Meeting
- Coordination with the Town of Machias on the Machias Flood Protection Project
- MaineDOT is committed to understanding current uses of the causeway and investigating culvert/bridge alternatives that maintain or enhance these uses
- National Marine Fisheries Service stated substantial concerns
- New legal guidance: MaineDOT/FHWA could compensate landowners impacted by flooding from the project; and
- Town of Machias Flood Project could directly impact the culverts/bridge and Route 1 and needs consideration in the design
- MaineDOT completes hydraulic studies and identifies in-kind replacement as preferred alternative
