Question 1: Bond Issue

“Do you favor a $29,725,000 bond issue for natural resource, agricultural and transportation infrastructure that will leverage $29,780,000 in other funds?”

Below is a list of how the bond revenues would be divided:

Transportation

Statewide highway and bridge projects – $10,000,000

Downeaster intercity rail investments, Portland – $6,500,000

“Rockland Branch” community station investments – $500,000

Rebuild the “Mountain Division” rail line – $750,000

Capital improvements on state-owned railroad tracks – $425,000

State obligations on improvements to Montreal, Maine and Atlantic tracks – $1,000,000

Freight Rail Interchange Program – $500,000

Bus transit system grants – $1,000,000

Pedestrian and bicycle trails and facilities – $950,000

U.S. Coast Guard bulkhead at Fore River, Portland – $700,000

Refurbish ferries and ferry facilities at Casco Bay Island Transit District – $500,000

Pavement preservation grants at publicly owned airports – $200,000

Environment

Community grants for malfunctioning septic systems – $1,000,000

Hazardous waste cleanup and investigation – $2,000,000

Pollution controls at municipal landfills – $800,000

Pollution prevention at abandoned industrial landfills – $300,000

Air quality monitoring – $300,000

Wastewater treatment at state-owned fish hatcheries – $2,000,000

Repairs on state-owned dams – $300,000