AUGUSTA – The Maine Department of Transportation has awarded $655,000 in grants to coastal cities and towns under the Small Harbor Improvement Program.

These funds were made available through the voter-approved 2005 Transportation Bond referendum. The grants require a local cash match of between 25 percent and 50 percent. The total program effort is expected to exceed $1.1 million.

The following is a partial list of communities that have received grant money for improvements:

. Addison, pier design, total cost $24,000, grant request $18,000, local match $6,000.

. Beals, pier design, total cost $20,000, grant request $15,000, local match $5,000.

. Brooksville, float purchase and installation, total cost $13,000, grant request $6,500, local match $6,500.

. Bucksport, gangway replacement, total cost $18,000, grant request $13,500, local match $4,500.

. Cranberry Isles, floats and gangway replacement, total cost $18,400, grant request $13,000, local match $5,400.

. Harrington, electrical hoist installation, total cost $20,000, grant request $15,000, local match $5,000.

. Islesboro, pier expansion, total cost $113,530, grant request $76,000, local match $38,000.

. Lincolnville, new wave screen, total cost $106,667, grant request $80,000, local match $26,667.

. Mount Desert Island, float purchase and ramp rehabilitation, total cost $43,000, grant request $28,000, local match $15,000.

. North Haven, fender piling replacement, total cost $17,220, grant request $13,000, local match $4,333.

. Perry, float and piling construction, total cost $110,000, grant request $55,000, local match $55,000.

. Southwest Harbor, pier design, total cost $40,000, grant request $20,000, local match $20,000.

. Winter Harbor, pier and ramp design, total cost $30,000, grant request $20,000, local match $10,000.

There also will be a $100,000 grant made to the city of Bangor for additional dock space along the city’s waterfront, under the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services Boating Infrastructure Grant, or BIG, program.