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Welcome to the website of R.O.A.D. - - - - - > Route One Alternative Decisions FOR ONLINE LOOK AT TRAFFIC IN WISCASSET CORRIDOR CLICK ON WEBCAMS/RADAR (This site was begun on 12 December 2007. Please send materials (documents, maps, newspaper articles, letters, photos, etc.) for posting to Morrison or to R.O.A.D. at P.O. Box 390, Newcastle, 04553 Thank you.) NEXT MEETINGS OF R.O.A.D. - 28 Sept, 26 Oct. and 23 Nov. at the Lincoln County Comm. Bldg. See "Coming Events"
NEW ITEMS ON THIS WEBSITE.... 4 August 2010 Letter from the Town of Wiscasset to the Army Corps of Engineers. See "Latest News" Summer 2010. Sheepscot Valley Conservation Assn. summarizes its position regarding a ByPass. See "Latest News" 31 July 2010. New York Times, front page story, "In Maine Village, Lobster Goes Briskly; Traffic, No" See "Links to Articles" 19 July 2010. The Minutes for the 22 June, and last, Task Force meeting, and the PowerPoint MDOT presentation for the 22 June public meeting in Wiscasset are posted in the "Chronology" section. 18 July 2010. R.O.A.D. sends emal to the USDOT John A Volpe Transportation Center to inquire about a study for an innovative intermodal solution to the Wiscasset congestion. See "Latest News" 16 July 2010. Recently found were two articles from the Portland Press Herald about the $1.2 million pedestrian tunnel constructed in 1999 underneath Route 1 in Woolwich. See the 31 October 1997 and 14 September 1999 articles in the "Links to Articles (Old)" page. 15 July 2010. Wiscasset Tax Map showing properties affected by "Double Gas By-Pass" Route. See REPORTS, TRANSCRIPTS, DOCUMENTS. 14 July 2010. Wiscasset Transportation Committee drafts letter for Wiscasset Selectmen to sent to the Army Corps of Engineers requesting reconsideration of route selection. See R.O.A.D. was formed in December, 2007 and held its first meeting on 11 December. The SPECIFIC route one goals of R.O.A.D.:
1. Normal traffic flow . Significant efforts should be made to enhance the flow of traffic on the existing route in downtown Wiscasset. When considering the $100 million By-Pass project, the Maine Dept. of Transportation did not propose ANY improvements in downtown Wiscasset with any similar investment. Not $1 million. Not $5 million. Not $10 million. Nothing. 2. "Double Gas Bypass." The proposed $100 million N8C By-Pass is Maine's equivalent of the Alaskan "Bridge to Nowhere." Maine and the U.S. should not waste so much money to produce so much damage for so little benefit. For approximately 330 days a year, every vehicle that takes the proposed N8C by-pass will travel almost twice the distance and use twice the gas and produce twice the pollution as a vehicle taking the current route.
3. Route 1/Route 27 Exchange in Edgecomb. Improvement of the accident-prone interchange in Edgecomb should proceed. These improvements are now called "Phase I" of the Wiscasset MDOT project. 4. Route 1/Route 27 Exchange in Wiscasset. The announced MDOT plan to create a 'left-turn lane" at this exchange should proceed.
other goals of R.O.A.D.:
1. To create and maintain on the www.wiscasset-road.org website a repository of ideas and information about the Wiscasset corridor traffic problem.
2. To provide a long-term forum for reasonable resolution of the problem of summer traffic congestion.
FUNDAMENTAL TRUTHS There are fundamental truths involved in the Wiscasset Route 1 corridor. 1. The shortest distance between two points is a straight line. 2. In the long term, there will be only one Wiscasset bridge over the Sheepscot River. If a second bridge is built for a bypass, the Davey Bridge will be doomed. 3. From the Kennebec River in Woolwich to the St. Croix river in Calais, Route 1 is a two-lane road with several "slow zones" through cities and towns including Brunswick, Bath, Wiscasset and Thomaston. 4. The Wiscasset traffic flow problem is primarily a seasonal, summer problem occurring a few hours a day, a few days a week, a few months a year.
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