MAINE PUBLIC • June 3, 2022
The Maine Trails Coalition and seven other groups have outlined a plan to link Maine's 25 largest municipalities with off-road trails. The idea behind these "active transportation arterials" is to make it more likely people will leave cars behind. The coalition has outlined its plan in a 57 page document. It pegs the cost at $160 million. Kristine Keeney, the Northern new England Manager for the East Coast Greenway Alliance, says the $60 million is a lot of money, but far less than the $240 million the Maine Turnpike is prepared to spend on a six-mile-long highway spur into Gorham.