PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • January 12, 2024
A long-awaited dredging project along the Portland waterfront is finally moving forward after more than a decade of planning, advocacy and delays. The Maine Department of Transportation said Friday that it will put the multiyear project out to bid this spring and hopes to begin work this fall. The project will restore berthing space and boat access along the working waterfronts where sediment has gradually built up between the commercial finger piers. It will be the first time that part of the harbor has been dredged in more than 70 years.