BANGOR DAILY NEWS • March 22, 2022
The Maine Department of Environmental Protection has again rejected a Virginia-based company’s applications to build a pier and granite crushing facility on the Penobscot River in Prospect. But last week’s decision by the Maine DEP has not come as much of a relief to the community members who sharply oppose the construction of the facility on environmental and other grounds. Bowden Point Properties, a subsidiary of Salmons Inc., proposes a $12 million plan to quarry granite from nearby Heagan Mountain, crush it and then barge the processed rock from Prospect to Virginia. On the website for the newly-formed opposition group, Save Heagan Mountain, opponents state they believe the project would set a “devastating precedent for every coastal community in Maine.”