U.S. Senator Susan Collins Announces More Than $53 Million for Freight Rail Upgrades in Rural Maine
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced that the Maine Department of Transportation has been awarded $53,313,091 for freight rail upgrades to enhance safety, speed, and reliability along two Eastern Maine Railway mainlines in Penobscot, Aroostook, Washington, and Piscataquis counties.