Representative Skolfield Announces Local Projects in Maine DOT Work Plan
State Representative Thomas Skolfield (R -Weld) is pleased to announce that the Maine Department of Transportation (MDOT) Work Plan for Calendar Years 2021, 2022, and 2023 is available. The estimated value of work in the plan totals 2,180 individual work items with a total value of $2.71 billion.
The MDOT work plan for District 112 includes projects and local road assistance totaling over $9 million. Major projects include bridge replacements in Anson and Avon, and Route 146 bridge rehabilitation in New Portland. Funds are also earmarked for safety and infrastructure improvements at the Sugarloaf Regional Airport in Carrabassett Valley.
“I am pleased to see $9 million in MDOT work plan projects scheduled in our area over the next three years,” said Rep. Skolfield. “These and other projects throughout Maine will strengthen our communities, enhance our economy, and make our roads and airports safer.”
The full work plan, searchable by municipality, is available at the Maine Department of Transportation’s Web site, https://www.maine.gov/mdot/projects/workplan/search/.
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Maine Moose Lottery – Deadline Approaching!
The 2021 Maine Moose Permit Lottery application process is open! Applications for the Lottery are accepted online only.
To apply online, go to mefishwildlife.com and fill out the online moose permit application. There, you will be able to indicate several preferences, including which wildlife management districts (WMD) you are willing to accept a permit in, and if you would accept a permit in another WMD if your name is drawn and all of your top choices are filled. You will also be able to select your preferred hunting season, whether or not you would accept an antlerless permit, and your choice of a sub-permittee.
New in 2021, the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is proposing an adaptive unit hunt to determine if lowering the moose population density in the western side of WMD 4 can lessen the impacts of winter tick. Applicants will be asked if they want to apply for an adaptive unit hunt permit when completing the application.
Applications must be completed by 11:59 pm (ET) on May 13, 2021.
The virtual 2021 moose permit drawing will take place June 12, 2021.
Job Search Resources
Maine CareerCenters provide a variety of employment and training services at no charge for Maine workers and businesses. Maine JobLink, Maine’s federally required job matching system, is a new cloud-based service that lets you find and connect with job seekers.
Maine-at-Work Initiative was created to get people back to work and help businesses stay afloat, grow, and expand. Services for job seekers range from one-on-one career advisement, career counseling, and job training funding. For employers, there is funding for on-the-job training, services, and support for developing apprenticeships and creating internal career pathways.
Reach out the Department of Labor to learn more about the opportunities available for job seekers and employers.
Public Comment Period Now Open on Wording of Transmission Line Ballot Question
The Maine Secretary of State is now accepting public comment on the wording of the citizen's initiative question that will appear on the November 2, 2021 referendum election ballot.
The Department’s Bureau of Corporations, Elections, and Commissions has certified one citizen’s initiative that will go before voters -- An Act To Require Legislative Approval of Certain Transmission Lines, Require Legislative Approval of Certain Transmission Lines and Facilities and Other Projects on Public Reserved Lands, and Prohibit the Construction of Certain Transmission Lines in the Upper Kennebec Region.
The ballot question for this legislation, as drafted, reads:
"Do you want to ban the construction of high-impact electric transmission lines in the Upper Kennebec Region and to require the Legislature to vote on other such projects in Maine retroactive to 2014, with a two-thirds vote required if a project uses public lands?"
State law requires the Secretary of State to present the proposed legislation concisely and intelligibly as a ballot question. The Secretary will be accepting public comments regarding the questions form and content until 5 p.m. on Thursday, May 13, 2021. All comments will be reviewed and considered before the ballot question is finalized.
Comments will be accepted via the online submission form, email, mail or in person.
- Use the comment submission form at http://www.maine.gov/sos/form/certain-transmission-lines
- Email SOS@Maine.gov, using subject line “Public Comment”
- Mail comments to the Secretary of State, Attn: Public Comment, 148 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0148
- Drop off written comments to the Office of the Secretary of State at the Nash School Building, 103 Sewall St., 2nd floor, Augusta, Maine.
The full text of the proposed legislation is available on the Citizens Initiatives and People’s Veto Web page, along with proponent information.
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