PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • September 19, 2024
Maine voters will have a chance to weigh in this November on a $30 million bond to maintain, expand and improve recreational trails around the state. Question 4 is one of five statewide referendums on the ballot this year. If approved, it would provide the Bureau of Parks and Lands within the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry with the funds to distribute through a grant process over a four-year period. Advocates have called the bond – the first of its kind in Maine – a historic opportunity, and it’s backed by a broad coalition of supporters who say it is especially needed to boost the rural economy and repair damage from storms last winter that have taken a toll on Maine trails.