Senators Collins, King Announce Over $1 …
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King announced that the Maine Division of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry has received $1,077,257 to help 4 tasks across Maine. Every single of the projects will use the funding to fix, renovate, or strengthen existing leisure services. This funding was awarded through the Countrywide Park Service’s Land and Water Conservation Fund Condition and Regional Aid Application.
“Increasing entry to outdoor recreational alternatives can help people today stay lively and healthier, and it rewards the full area,” mentioned Senators Collins and King in a joint assertion. “This investment decision by means of the Land and H2o Conservation Fund will repair and update current facilities for tennis, basketball, soccer, and baseball as nicely as other neighborhood methods that will be applied by present-day residents as nicely as by foreseeable future generations.”
The funding was allotted as follows:
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- Cherryfield obtained $40,000 to renovate present town-owned tennis and basketball courts. The parking region will be updated with gravel, obstacles, and a handicap accessible ramp. The venture also consists of installing raised vegetable beds for a community back garden as nicely as a picnic region.

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- Jay obtained $206,624 to demolish current, out of date tennis courts and assemble three new, ADA-compliant courts in their put. Jay also will set up new LED lighting and ADA-compliant walkways top to the courts.

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- Skowhegan acquired $330,633 to up grade infrastructure at an current football discipline sophisticated, put in new dugouts at the Carl Wright Baseball Advanced, and boost ADA accessibility at the Skowhegan Recreation Complex.

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- The Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands received $500,000 to make enhancements to Recreation Hall, an existing setting up at the Lake George Regional Park in Canaan. The updates incorporate roof and flooring renovations, standard upkeep, protection characteristic installations, and improved ADA access. A new road with tiered parking and handicap spaces will also be installed.

Senators Collins and King have been longstanding advocates for preserving Maine and America’s public lands. In August 2020, the Great American Outside Act, supported by Senators Collins and King, was signed into law. This bipartisan laws supplies entire funding for the Land and H2o Conservation Fund and addresses the deferred servicing backlog at our countrywide parks, countrywide wildlife refuges, and nationwide forest lands.
