PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • September 6, 2024
The Turnpike Authority’s Gorham Connector would connect a driver from this bypass roundabout to the Maine Turnpike’s Exit 45, north and south, in four minutes. Thirty seconds later is I-295 with Scarborough, South Portland and Portland only minutes away. Another 60 seconds and you reach Route 1 North and South. Let the MTA allow traffic to flow with a safe, self-funded toll road and alleviate the stress on our Main Streets and backroads. Population growth west of Portland is a fact that will not stop. Each year Gorham approves 100 new housing units. How’s this going to work with last century’s infrastructure? No more studies, no more surveys, no more meetings. Now is the time to build the Gorham Turnpike Connector, by eminent domain if necessary. ~ Gary Dube, Gorham