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City manager: MDOT to add speed-feedback signs; Oldtown will apply for $500,000 brownfield assessment grant
Summary
City Manager Bill Mayo told the council that MDOT will install speed-feedback signs at targeted locations, the city will apply for a $500,000 brownfield assessment grant due Jan. 28, and the sale of the mill site remains pending.
City Manager Bill Mayo updated the Oldtown City Council on infrastructure and redevelopment matters at the Dec. 1 meeting, saying the Maine Department of Transportation plans to install speed-feedback signs in inbound locations including Gilman Falls by Leonard Lane and potentially on Route Two, with final siting to be coordinated with city staff.
Mayo also said the city will submit a brownfield assessment grant application, noting the next federal deadline is Jan. 28 and that the grant would be for $500,000. He cited the Oldtown canoe site as an example of past cleanup work funded through similar efforts and said the city routinely reapplies for grant rounds tied to specific projects, including the mill site if the property becomes the city's responsibility.
On local safety concerns a councilor asked about the pedestrian crossing light damaged in an accident; staff said the guardrail at the top of the hill has been replaced and that the near-side crossing light had not yet been replaced, while the far-side signal exists.
Mayo indicated the sale of 85 VC Street (the mill site) remains pending and that the city is awaiting updates; no firm new timelines were provided in the meeting.
Council members asked follow-up questions about siting for the speed signs and how the brownfield grant would be structured; Mayo said applications identify communitywide areas with specific project sites named within the application.
