BENEDICTA – Gov. Paul LePage is refusing to allow road signs to be installed for a new national monument, so supporters of the park are taking matters into their own hands.
Fans of Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument hung a banner advertising the park from a highway overpass above Interstate 95. The sign appears to be written on a bed sheet or piece of canvas. It says “KWW Exit 264” and was first seen Wednesday.
No sign? No problem! Katahdin area residents are crafty! Show support for KWW here: https://t.co/4QR5mnxKye. #MonumentsForAll #MEpolitics pic.twitter.com/XOGhqFy7Up
— NRCM environment (@NRCMenvironment) May 24, 2017
LePage has long opposed the creation of the monument. President Obama created the park last year.
A governor’s spokesman says it would be “imprudent and premature” to install signs before completion of a 120-day review period ordered by President Trump last month.
The park is 137 square miles near Mount Katahdin.
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