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Infrastructure Committee
Minutes
October 20, 2020
ATTENDEES
Councilors: Gretchen Schaefer, Susan Hawes, Rick Fournier, Sarah Nichols, Dan Tremble, Clare Davitt, Rich
Fournier
Staff: John Theriault, Paul Nicklas
Public: Patrick Adams, MDOT
AGENDA
1. Council Order: Amending Code Chapter 265 Solid Waste, to Allow Disposal of Solid Waste at
Other Facilities
This item tabled, not ready to move forward.
Vote: Motion made and seconded unanimously.
2. Council Order: MaineDOT Funding Application for Municipal Partnership Initiative Program
(MPI), Hancock Street Mill & Fill and Improvements
John stated this is a 2022 project and funded as a 50/50 program between MaineDOT and the
City of Bangor budgeted at 1.2 million. Project location is on Hancock, from Oak Street to State
Street.
Motion made and seconded unanimously.
3. Update: Bangor Pedestrian Safety Action Plan
John stated this was a pedestrian safety project Patrick Adams with MaineDOT has been
working on since 2017.
Patrick Adams with MaineDOT stated it was a transportation plan for bicylce and pedestrian
safety heads-up project, and started up from a 2016 initiative due to a child fatality in Lewiston.
He provided background information and stated they started looking at hotspots from
pedestrian crash data. In the report, they identified twenty-one communities. The State is
working with the communities to identify locations. The report lists sites by priority and provide
recommendations. He stated MDOT would help communities with funding and are committed
to long-term plan in implementing the recommendations.
Vote: No Vote Necessary
Motion made and seconded to adjourn.
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