Christian MilNeilMay 9, 2023

I spoke with Maine Public Radio's Murray Carpenter about the #MaineTurnpike's harebrained proposal to build a $300 million highway to Gorham in the middle of a #climate emergency.

https://www.mainepublic.org/business-and-economy/2023-05-08/a-proposed-road-is-meant-to-ease-traffic-around-portland-critics-fear-it-could-drive-up-emissions

A proposed road is meant to ease traffic around Portland. Critics fear it could drive up emissions

The towns of Gorham, Scarborough, South Portland, and Westbrook strongly support the concept. But last summer the Portland City Council voted unanimously to ask the turnpike authority to stop work on the project, pending the results of a regional rapid transit study.

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Show threadBrad Johnson
@cmilneil no electric transmission but more highway!
May 9, 2023 at 2:12pmWeb
Show threadChristian MilNeilMay 9, 2023
@climatebrad We'll see. This idea is so dumb and so expensive that I expect it to fail under its own weight (just as the referendum against the HydroQuebec transmission line ultimately failed), but it'll definitely need some help getting shoved into the dustbin.