MAINE SUNDAY TELEGRAM • May 9, 2021
Right now, Maine has an incredible opportunity to strengthen its rail-trail network and bring its economic and health benefits to more communities. The state has many miles of rail line that haven’t been used in decades – lack of demand and prohibitive repair costs mean that most of these will never see a train again. Building trails on them would cost a fraction of the price and they will be heavily used. How much longer will we wait at the station for a train that may never come? The longer we do, the longer we miss out on the immediate benefits that could be had with trails and the memories to be made on them. ~ Andrew Colvin, Portland