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Portland residents urge rooftop solar on schools and a renewed push on pedestrian safety during council public comment
Summary
Multiple speakers, including members of the Portland Climate Action Team and family members of a pedestrian fatality, urged the council to prioritize rooftop solar on school and municipal buildings and to recommit to pedestrian and bicycle safety after recent deaths.
Members of the public used the council’s public-comment period to press two intertwined priorities: installing rooftop solar arrays on public schools and renewing the city’s focus on pedestrian and bicycle safety.
Joey Brunel of Pine Street, speaking for the Portland Climate Action Team, urged the council to make large-scale rooftop solar on schools a top 2026 priority, saying "If Dover can do it, why can't Portland, Maine?" Brunel described outreach to installers and neighboring towns and argued the projects could "pay for itself incredibly quickly" and need not cost taxpayers upfront. Dave Gulick of Spring Street noted Mount Ararat High School’s 1,639 panels and cited Westbrook’s…
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