Turbine blade breaks Bangor traffic light
6/15/09 | 9 comments

Turbine blade breaks Bangor traffic light


By Judy Harrison
BDN Staff

One of the large wind turbine blades being hauled from Searsport to the Canadian Maritimes hit and broke a traffic light and pulled down wires at Hogan Road and Mount Hope Avenue shortly before 1 p.m. Saturday, according to Bangor police.

Police did not close the road but did park a cruiser in the middle of the intersection until employees from Bangor Public Works could arrive to repair the light.

Maine State Police have been escorting the tractor-trailers carrying the blades from Searsport to Houlton. The escort begins in Searsport along Routes 1 and 1A. Because of a low overpass along Interstate 95 in Bangor, the convoys travel through the city on Odlin Road to Hammond and State streets and Hogan Road before heading north on the interstate to Houlton.

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9 comments on this item
On 6/15/09 at 8:59 AM, 420Revarie wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

We were warned about this!

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On 6/15/09 at 3:29 PM, Joedirt wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

What are you people doing! You can transport them by Rail right there in Searsport. I swear our biggest problem is not wanting to change when it comes to efficiency.

The Railroad is a prefered way to transport. they have been doing it all along people!!

Why are you so resistance to change??

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On 6/15/09 at 3:32 PM, Joedirt wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

I really got to question the decisions of these people who are so damn blind to better ways of doing things. The Railroad goes right to Houlton and the Canadian Maritimes.

God, where is Irving when you need them. They would have made a much smarter decision in terms of shipping here.

Your so damn pigheaded Maine.

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On 6/15/09 at 3:42 PM, user5225 wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

JoeDirt...sorry to be so obvious and rain on your parade. The blades are too long to be transported by train. If they could they would ship them from ND and Texas by train as far as they could than truck them, but they don't because the blades are too long.

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On 6/15/09 at 6:11 PM, copswife wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

I dont have any real knowledge about this I guess but just trying to use common sense I would think that it may be difficult to ship them by train, Oh I'm sure there is a way that it can be done with the right cars and equipment and what not but I'm guessing if it would have been easier and/or cheaper it would have been done. Its not llike the people making these decisions would have just ignored the possibility if it made sense. Another thought I have is that if they were to ship them by train then they would have added another step to the process that would have added time and cost. They would have to ship them by rail to Houlton or wherever the nearest rail yard was and then load them on trucks so it makes sense to me to just load them once and transport them.

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On 6/15/09 at 6:27 PM, Ladyslipper wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

I haven't seen one being transported yet; they must be enormous ..

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On 6/18/09 at 11:34 AM, Erika2 wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

I saw a couple coming down state street in Bangor a couple weeks ago...leading the way were about 8 state troopers and several more local police were also with the trucks. And, yes, they are HUGE!

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On 7/1/09 at 10:53 AM, jellybeanhelene917 wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

Unless you've been right there, you can't even IMAGINE how massive they are!

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On 7/13/09 at 2:41 AM, jlegere1 wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

i see them almost everyday on the road because it's what I do. they are WAY WAY too long to move by train. truck is the only feasable way to move the blades. As I'm writing this I have two on each side of my tractor-trailer rig.

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