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March 25th, 2015 | Tags: Andi Vigue, Chris Buchanan, cianbro, East-West Corridor, east-west highway, EWC, grandmothers against the east west corridor, Paul Davis, peter vigue, Ralph Chapman | Category: Community Rights, E/W Legislation, East-West Corridor, Events, Features, Grassroots Movements, Legal, Letters to the Editor / Op-Ed, Resources: Articles, Blog Spots, Letters | Op-Ed by Chris Buchanan | March 25, 2015
The proposed East-West Transportation, Communications, and Utilities Corridor has raised important public policy questions regarding the state’s transportation policy. Two bills have been introduced by our Maine legislators to ensure the proper role for the state in transportation planning, maintenance, and development, without increasing regulations or stymying infrastructure that is desired by local people. The bills would create an equal playing field for all significant transportation proposals that may utilize the Public-Private-Partnership […]
Continue reading New bills to preserve State control over transportation development, and eminent domain
February 23rd, 2015 | Tags: cianbro, East-West Corridor, peter vigue | Category: East-West Corridor, Maine, News, Resources: Articles, Blog Spots, Letters, Statewide, United States | Link to Article
February 23, 2015 | Mainebiz
Like the real estate motto, Maine offers location, location, location BY PETER VAN ALLEN
During hard times or hard winters, Maine and Mainers chug along. Yet there are always those asking how Maine can grow and prosper.
Recently, I had an interesting conversation with Peter Vigue, chairman of the Pittsfield-based Cianbro Cos., the largest construction firm based in Maine, with $530 million in annual sales and […]
Continue reading Mainebiz magazine promotes Peter Vigue and EWC
January 4th, 2015 | Tags: cianbro | Category: East-West Corridor, Free Trade, Letters to the Editor / Op-Ed, Maine, News, Resources: Articles, Blog Spots, Letters, Statewide, United States | Link to original article.
January 4, 2015
It’s been over six years since the Cianbro Corp. published its feasibility study on the 220-mile strip of industrial development known as the East-West Corridor.
Since Cianbro CEO Peter Vigue met with strident opposition after airing his plan before the Penobscot County commissioners in Bangor in May 2013, the status of this construction project – which would be the largest in Maine’s history – has been shrouded […]
Continue reading Letter to the editor: Cianbro still brandishing corridor ax
December 30th, 2014 | Tags: cianbro, Darryl Brown, peter vigue | Category: East-West Corridor, Maine, News, Resources: Articles, Blog Spots, Letters, Statewide, United States | By Nick Sambides Jr., BDN Staff | Posted Dec. 30, 2014, at 5:45 a.m. Follow on Twitter Find on Facebook
1990 – Leaders at the New England Governors-Eastern Canadian Premiers’ conference in Hartford, Connecticut, recommend the creation of an east-west highway through Maine that would link the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec.
1991 – Departing Speaker of the House John L. Martin told Presque Isle […]
Continue reading Maine east-west highway timeline
December 30th, 2014 | Tags: Chris Buchanan, cianbro, Darryl Brown, David Cole, Defending Water for Life, Friends of the Piscatquis Valley, Jym St. Pierre, peter vigue, STEWC, Stop the East-West Corridor, Ted Talbot | Category: Community Rights, Defending Water in the Media, East-West Corridor, Features, Grassroots Movements, Maine, News, Resources: Articles, Blog Spots, Letters, Statewide, United States |
December 10th, 2014 | Tags: cianbro, Green Line Alliance, Maine Green Line, National Grid | Category: East-West Corridor, Maine, News, Other 'Private' Corridors, Resources: Articles, Blog Spots, Letters, Statewide, United States, Wind Energy | By Darren Fishell, BDN Staff | Dec. 10, 2014, at 9:01 a.m. Follow on Twitter Find on Facebook Link to Original Article.
PORTLAND, Maine — National Grid, one of the region’s largest utilities, has signed on as a partner in a power transmission project that would link Maine wind projects and Canadian hydropower to population […]
Continue reading Major power company signs on to wind and hydro transmission project through Maine
May 23rd, 2014 | Tags: cianbro | Category: Audio, Community Rights, East-West Corridor, Features, Maine, Multimedia, News, Resources, Resources: Articles, Blog Spots, Letters, Statewide, United States | Link to Original Article.
05/23/2014 Reported By: Susan Sharon Frustrated by what they say is the failure of legislative and political efforts to stop the proposed east-west highway, a small group of grandmothers is taking matters into its own hands. The grandmothers have started holding monthly vigils in front of Cianbro headquarters. Cianbro is the Pittsfield-based construction firm that wants to build a 220-mile-long closed access toll highway that would stretch from Calais to Coburn Gore. As Susan […]
Continue reading Maine Grandmothers Unite to Halt Plans for New Highway
1) In a letter to Susan Collins, thanking her for passing a bill that increases the truck weight limits on the interstate, Searsport selectmen also asked her to consider supporting an East-West Highway through Maine.
If you live in Searsport, or know people who do, please talk to the selectmen about this decision.
Here is the article: http://waldo.villagesoup.com/news/story/selectmen-press-senator-for-east-west-highway-development/477526
2) Also, the Maine East-West Highway Map has been updated! Check it out: http://defendingwater.net/maine/maine-east-west-highway-map/
3) We found a […]
Continue reading East-West Highway Update 1-7-12
LR 2358, An Act To Provide Funding to the Department of Transportation for a Feasibility Study for an East-West Highway, has been given the green light for consideration this session.
Background
The idea of a Maine East-West highway has been kicked around the Maine Legislature since 1981. However, public and/or private funding has never been provided to study the feasibility of such a highway or to finance its construction.
Canadian businesses want an East-West highway to move goods more cheaply […]
Continue reading Action Alert: East-West Highway Feasibility Study Moving Forward!
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