BANGOR DAILY NEWS • June 13, 2024
In March 2020, Gov. Janet Mills directed the Maine Department of Transportation to study the Port of Searsport to assess needs to support Maine’s offshore wind industry. The state has objectively and thoroughly considered proposals for Mack Point and found its physical and logistical constraints, need for significant dredging, and increased costs to taxpayers for land leasing and port construction would result in an expensive and inferior port for Maine compared to a versatile, purpose-built port on Sears Island. Sears Island is the best site for Maine to build an offshore wind port that can realize the considerable economic, environmental, and energy opportunities before us. ~ Matthew Burns, Maine Port Authority