BANGOR DAILY NEWS • March 9, 2022
The cost of a new ski lift has shot up $1 million in just six months, said Perry Williams, developer of a proposed year-round ski resort project on Big Moose Mountain in Piscataquis County. Rising steel prices throughout the COVID-19 pandemic are causing the increase, said Williams of Big Lake Development LLC. He, along with Matthew Dieterich and Andrew Nelson of James W. Sewall Co., which is handling permitting, updated the status of the proposed $113.5 million project Tuesday at a Piscataquis County Commissioners meeting. Fluctuating material costs and shortages, a changed financial structure to fund the redevelopment and an upcoming public hearing have delayed the project significantly, Williams said.