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By LESLIE MACMILLAN | April 6, 2012, 3:39 PM
http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/06/a-difficult-choice-on-water/
Arizona’s two senators, John McCain and Jon Kyl, traveled to the Navajo reservation this week to meet with Navajo and Hopi tribal leaders about a proposed water rights accord that would settle the two tribes’ claims to the Little Colorado River system.
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Mr. Kyl and Mr. McCain have introduced a bill known as the Navajo-Hopi Little Colorado River Water Rights Settlement, which [...]
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By Nick Sambides Jr., BDN Staff Posted May 07, 2012, at 5:52 p.m. http://bangordailynews.com/2012/05/07/news/state/sierra-club-opposes-east-west-highway-in-maine/?ref=latest
One of the nation’s largest environmental advocacy groups is opposing a proposed $2 billion superhighway that would link New Brunswick and Quebec through Maine, its director said Monday.
State club members feel the proposed highway would devastate Maine communities, environment and private property owners without any real benefit to Maine itself, said Karen Woodsum of the Sierra Club Maine Woods Campaign.
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Taxpayer dollars, secrecy, and private interests
By LANCE TAPLEY | May 2, 2012
http://portland.thephoenix.com/news/137988-whats-driving-the-east-west-highway/?page=3#TOPCONTENT
Eminent domain!
The government’s ability to seize land for a public purpose strikes terror into the hearts of many landowners. This has been a bigger fear since 2005 when the United States Supreme Court, in its Kelo decision, allowed land to be seized by the government to benefit a private developer.
This year, the Cianbro corporation’s CEO, Peter Vigue, has been making headway with his proposal for [...]
Continue reading What’s driving the East-West Highway?
May 8th, 2012 | Tags: east-west highway | Category: Defending Water in the Media, Features, Grassroots Movements, Maine, Multimedia, News, Resources, Statewide, United States, Video |
May 8th, 2012 | Tags: east-west highway, peter vigue | Category: Defending Water in the Media, Features, Grassroots Movements, Maine, Multimedia, News, Resources, Statewide, Towns, other, United States, Video | By Nick McCrea, BDN Staff Posted April 24, 2012, at 5:27 p.m.
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http://bangordailynews.com/2012/04/24/news/bangor/protesters-oppose-east-west-highway-at-conference-about-maine-canada-commerce/
ORONO, Maine — While business and government officials from Maine and Canada gathered Tuesday morning at the University of Maine to discuss how to spur economic growth in the Atlantic region, a small cadre of central Maine residents outside the conference decried one of the proposals aimed at reaching that goal — an east-west highway through Maine’s interior.
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By LANCE TAPLEY | April 18, 2012
Read more: http://thephoenix.com/boston/news/137148-politicos-like-the-east-west-highway-how-about-th/#ixzz1sVEUuFbj
Peter Vigue, CEO of Maine’s big construction company Cianbro, has recently been successful in promoting to the state’s politicians his plan for a 220-mile, limited-access, privately owned toll highway bisecting Maine from New Brunswick to Quebec. It’s the latest incarnation of an idea usually referred to as the East-West Highway.
As the issue heats up, though, he may have a more difficult time with the public. Protesters are starting to plague [...]
Continue reading Politicos like the East-West highway; how about the public?
By Randy Billings | APRIL 16, 2012
http://www.mainebiz.biz/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120416/CURRENTEDITION/304139997/1088
PHOTO/TIM GREENWAY Peter Vigue, chairman and CEO of Cianbro Corp., is calling on private investment to lead the way in creating an east-west highway Enlarge image PHOTO/TIM GREENWAY Barbara Cherry, a biologist with Maine Audubon who assesses the impact of roads on wildlife, says a new major highway could threaten habitat and the free movement of wildlife Enlarge image Source: Peter Vigue, Cianbro Corp. East-west highway study
The Maine Department of [...]
Continue reading New east-west highway proposal renews an old debate with refocused financing
April 10th, 2012 | Tags: doug thomas, east-west highway, maine watch, mpbn, peter vigue, tv | Category: Community Rights, Defending Water in the Media, Features, Grassroots Movements, Maine, Multimedia, News, Resources, Statewide, United States, Video | Program: Maine Watch with Jennifer Rooks, Episode: East-West Highway in Maine
http://video.mpbn.net/video/2219784260/
Description from MPBN: The legislature has just approved funding to study the feasibility of a four lane private highway from Calais to Coburn Gore. Supporters say it would transform the economy of Northern and Eastern Maine. Others are concerned about environmental impacts. Cianbro CEO Peter Vigue, who has been a champion of the idea, and Barbara Charry of Maine Audubon will discuss the idea with us.
Continue reading E-W SuperCorridor: Defending Water for Life Interview with Jennifer Rooks from MaineWatch
April 10th, 2012 | Tags: east-west highway, paul lepage | Category: Defending Water in the Media, Features, Grassroots Movements, Maine, Multimedia, News, Resources, Statewide, Video | Update 4-5-12: Governor Paul LePage signed LD 1671 to officially sanction the MDOT to oversee a financial feasibility study of the east-west corridor. Here are links to TV coverage and articles:
http://www.wlbz2.com/news/article/196248/3/Gov-Paul-LePage-signs-east-west-highway-bill
http://www.boston.com/news/local/maine/articles/2012/04/05/maine_governor_signs_east_west_highway_bill/
Defending Water for Life there to protest! By Tom Walsh, BDN Staff Posted March 29, 2012, at 3:51 p.m. Last modified March 29, 2012, at 6:09 p.m Continue reading Canadians told east-west highway through Maine ‘a gateway to opportunity’
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