BANGOR, Maine — Construction is in store for portions of Broadway and Union Street in Bangor.
The City Council on Monday approved five agreements and an amended agreement with the Maine Department of Transportation calling for a total of $3.9 million in federal, state and municipal spending.
The DOT won’t begin construction on any of the projects, except for one, until 2016.
The six approved projects are as follows:
— Mill and fill Broadway from Husson Avenue to Center Street, total cost not to exceed $872,612, design work to begin in 2016, construction in 2017;
— Mill and fill Union Street from Griffin Road to Vermont Avenue, total cost not to exceed $830,503, design work to begin in 2016, construction in 2017;
— Mill and fill Union Street from Vermont Avenue east to Interstate 95 ramps, total cost not to exceed $467,964, design work to begin in 2016, construction in 2016;
— Traffic signal improvements at Broadway and Stillwater Avenue, cost not to exceed $450,000, design work to begin in 2016, construction in 2016 and 2017;
— Mill and fill Broadway from Stillwater Avenue north for 0.43 miles, including Americans with Disability Act compliance improvements and drainage improvements, cost not to exceed $450,000, design work to begin in 2015, construction to begin in 2015 or 2016; and,
— Resurface Broadway from 0.04 miles south of the entrance to People United Bank near Husson University, north for 2.6 miles, cost not to exceed $1.04 million, design work to begin in 2015, construction to begin in 2015.
The projects, selected for the Maine Department of Transportation’s 2015-2017 Work Plan, call for a total expenditure of more than $3.92 million, including a federal share of $1.96 million, a state share of $1.49 million and a city share of $468,362.
City Manager Cathy Conlow said the projects do not represent all of the city’s paving plans for the coming year and that other state and local projects are coming.
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