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Maine officials brief Transportation Committee on Climate Action Plan, warn storms are damaging roads
Summary
Hannah Pingree and Joyce Taylor told the Legislature’s Transportation Committee that Maine’s Climate Action Plan and Infrastructure, Rebuilding, and Resilience Commission identify storm-driven damage to roads and working waterfronts, citing a Dec. 18 precipitation event and early January storms that affected riverfront and coastal communities.
Hannah Pingree, director of the Governor's Office of Policy Innovation and the Future and co-chair of the Maine Climate Council, and Joyce Taylor, chief engineer at the Maine Department of Transportation (Maine DOT), told the Legislature’s Transportation Committee that Maine’s transportation infrastructure is being affected by increasing storm events, warmer temperatures and rising sea levels.
Pingree told committee members the presenters would “try to provide a brief background of the state's new Climate Action Plan, as well as the Infrastructure, Rebuilding, and Resilience Commission,” and said those reports overlap with the committee’s work.…
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