The railroad accident and chemical spill underscore the slow degradation of U.S. infrastructure and disaster response.
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Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel
Winslow council OKs up to $6.8 million in bonds for upgrades to Chaffee Brook pumping station
Work on the pumping station, built in the 1970s, and adding two sewer lines at the bottom of the Kennebec River could total $8 million, according to town officials.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Why can’t we wrap our heads around public investment in child care?
Unless we can accept that access to child care is infrastructure, the nation’s child care crisis – and its attendant ills – will only worsen.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
North Carolina attack described as ‘wakeup call’ to protect power substations
The governor calls for a thorough assessment of the state’s critical infrastructure, and thousands remain without power after a person or persons shot up 2 substations.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel
Waterville City Council to consider awarding more than $2 million in road paving contracts
Councilors to hold special meeting Tuesday night on paving projects in the city’s South End.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Some Portland flights turned away as jetport runway paving continues
The Portland International Jetport will be closed to air traffic overnight until its newly repaved main runway reopens in mid-June.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: In Maine and nationwide, high broadband cost is part of the digital divide
A federal program will make internet service accessible to millions of families, but it won’t solve the whole problem.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, New England
Biden pushes infrastructure plans in New Hampshire visit
Under the $1 trillion infrastructure law, $1.7 million will be used to dredge Portsmouth Harbor’s shipping channel and basin.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Pump the brakes on Maine Turnpike spur
Land-use planning reform and a transit study should come before construction of a $200 million-plus highway project.
Posted inNation & World
Biden visits collapsed bridge, touts infrastructure law
Biden promised money from the infrastructure law would help rebuild the collapsed Pittsburgh bridge and ‘thousands of other bridges across the country.’