In a more balanced playing field rail would fare better. Sustainable Communities and Environmental Concerns. The effects of this project on all of Maine's rural communities is completely unknown. Only the people who live in them can make this judgment. Because these are the state's smallest and most remote communities, the wishes of their citizens are often not heard as loudly as those of population centers like Bangor.
Sprawl is already a major concern of state planners.
Perhaps the Bangor Daily News will make this information known to the public. Many public benefits are claimed. Maine's people will decide how these questions will be answered. Right now there are a lot of questions with nowhere to go. This is our way of beginning to do something about that.