Work On Route 1 Traffic Fix In Wiscasset Will Continue Through June

Crews will continue work on the Route 1 downtown Wiscasset traffic project through mid-June, with catch basins and excavation set to move forward this week. Beginning Monday, a catch basin will be set along railroad tracks, and crews will continue to remove frames, grates and covers from catch basins and sewer manholes in preparation for pavement removal operations, according to the Maine Department of Transportation. Water gates will be lowered and ledge will be drilled for mast arm foundations. The electrical contractor will pin reinforcing steel to ledge for the mast arm foundations at the intersection of Water Street and Route 1.