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Bill
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OK, I read about "Alternatives supported by R.O.A.D." (this website).
Webcams, how are webcams going to help reduce traffic congestion? You have a meeting in downtown Damariscotta and find out, there will be another meeting n Bath, how do you get to see these webcams and, if you see them, what will they do for you? The same with Traffic Counters, I believe, they are already there but, what will they do for traffic congestion??? Pedestrian Bridge, not allowed in a federally designated Historic District. A Federal Street bridge over a depressed US Route 1 and, this would be done so fast it could be done while they repave the roadway? Really? With a required 13% grade, will the historic homes on Federal Street enjoy looking out their windows at something that resembles the elevated US Route 1 in Bath? Dear god, that sounds so much nicer than this horrible bypass. Prohibit 3 lefthand turns in downtown Wiscasset. So, everyone that needed to turn left (from northbound US 1) on to Water St, and Middle St can instead back up traffic while turning left onto Washington St? And, stopping people headed south on US 1 from making a left turn onto Water St will do what? And finally, the traffic light at Rt 1 & Rt 27 was tried and it backed up traffic to Bath. It is very clear that the people running this website don't have a clew or any idea about what they are talking about.
17 December 2010
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Bill
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Secondly, tunnels and pedestrian bridges are not a solution because most likely would not be allowed under Wiscasset's historic designation. And, pedestrians are not the only problem. Anytime heavy traffic slows, it causes a back up. In some cases, it's not a big deal, in Wiscasset, it is and it does back up traffic into high speed travel zones. And, it just doesn't happen during the summer months. I saw traffic backed up pretty bad Tuesday afternoon, December 14, 2010. There are issue with parking. And I again, bring this to the attention of the crew that runs this website. Is it your intention to remove all parking from downtown Wiscasset? If not, how does one either pull out of an angle parking space or parallel park with in heavy traffic without stopping traffic? So, to the people running this website, it would be just fine with you, to take all the village parking out of Wiscasset so that you can drive through this village and not wait in traffic? Or, force an individual confined to a wheelchair, perhaps elderly, to climb a ramp in order to get to the other side of the road or, to climb a ramp up from a tunnel? And with a tunnel, how do you suggest they drain, in a village at sea level? Again, this website seems to be run by a very small group who want the solution to Wiscasset to fit only their needs with a total disrespect to everyone else that lives on the midcoast of Maine.
17 December 2010 - Damariscotta
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Bill
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Downtown businesses in Wiscasset are being hurt badly by this current traffic situation. I have seen a huge decline in visitors walking about Wiscasset and shopping. A bypass taking heavy traffic away from downtown Wiscasset would do wonders for business and keep sprawl from happening. If you look at Damariscotta, it's a very compact town. If you look at Wiscasset, it s sprawling out all over the place. No one wants to live, work, play or shop next to an interstate highway and, US Route 1 carries more traffic than most of Maine's interstate highways. US Route 1 from Bath to Bucksport has more fatalities and accidents than the entire interstate highway system in Maine. In the US, undivided two way, two lane highways are the absolute most deadly highways in the country. The traffic situation in Wiscasset is aggravating an already bad situation. We have seen numerous fatalities related to Wiscasset traffic. One fatality is too much. I know a lot of you out there don't understand this concept but ... once a person dies, they are gone. I suggest the people running this site, put their individual greed aside and try to work out a compromise on this issue rather than sit in a castle with ammunition and a moat. The whole content of this website shows individuals who are NOT of sound mind in the fact they do not understand a democracy is about working together, not alone. This website is a classic example of a "power trip".
17 December 2010 - Damariscotta
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Megan
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Have any of you seen the Disney Pixar movie Cars? They put a highway around the small town of Radiator Springs....and eventually most businesses closed. Might be a kids movie but very fitting in this situation.
15 December 2010
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Bill
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My hat goes off to people who have nothing better to do than to fight progress and add to the cost of government. If any one of these people who opposes a bypass uses the US Route 1 bypass around Damariscotta, US Route 1 bypass around Belfast, US Route 1 between Bath and Brunswick, Interstate 295 or Interstate 95 than, you are a hypocrite. Those are all bypass highways and I would bet a million dollars these crybabies against a bypass have used these roadways. Next time, don't go around Damariscotta, don't go around Belfast, take old Route 1 from Brunswick to Portland and to New Hampshire. Hypocrites are one of the lowest forms of humans and the most destructive. They only want what is best for them. And the next time you see traffic backed up for miles trying to get through Wiscasset, do as you have been, think of yourself, don't think of the elderly person who is sitting there trying to get to Portland for special medical treatments, just keep thinking of what you want and stop using interstate highways and the bypasses already built.
16 August 2010 - Damariscotta
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