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Residents press town to oppose Main Street widening; manager says school-design team is submitting longer DOT review
Summary
Residents at the Jan. 13 Cumberland Town Council meeting urged the town to oppose widening Main Street as part of a school project and asked whether an application to the Maine Department of Transportation had been filed.
Residents at the Jan. 13 public discussion asked the Council to oppose widening Main Street as part of a school-related traffic project and pressed whether the town or school had started a formal process with the Maine Department of Transportation.
Melissa Gautin and Greg Smith, both Main Street residents, said neighbors who attended a recent school-district presentation voted unanimously in favor of keeping Main Street at its existing width and asked how the town would register that preference with DOT. Smith said he believed the DOT does not initiate projects…
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