Resolve, Directing the Department of Transportation To Erect and Maintain Markers To Commemorate and Recognize the Lafayette Trail
Maine Legislature, Session 130, LD 0267
Committee: Transportation
Sponsors: DESCHAMBAULT

Legislative Document
No. 267
S.P. 116
In Senate, February 1, 2021
Resolve, Directing the Department of Transportation To Erect and 
Maintain Markers To Commemorate and Recognize the Lafayette 
Trail
Received by the Secretary of the Senate on January 28, 2021.  Referred to the Committee 
on Transportation pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed.
DAREK M. GRANT
Secretary of the Senate
Presented by Senator DESCHAMBAULT of York.
Sec. 1.  Lafayette Trail designated.  Resolved:  That the Department of 
Transportation shall erect and maintain suitable signs and other markers at or near each 
portion of the route followed by General Lafayette while he was in Maine in 1824 and 
1825.  The 1824 tour and the 1825 tour must have distinct signs and markers.  The signs 
and markers must bear the Lafayette Trail logo provided to the department by The Lafayette 
Trail, Inc.
The signs and markers must be erected at or near the following locations, where 
appropriate, as determined by the department:
1.  1824 tour.  For the 1824 tour:
A.  The portion of U.S. Route 1 Bypass beginning on the Sarah Mildred Long Bridge 
in the Town of Kittery at the New Hampshire state line continuing north to the 
intersection with Bridge Street;
B.  Continuing on that portion of Bridge Street beginning at the intersection with U.S. 
Route 1 Bypass in the Town of Kittery and continuing east as Government Street to 
the intersection with Walker Street; and
C.  Continuing on that portion of Walker Street beginning at the intersection with 
Government Street in the Town of Kittery and continuing east to the entrance of the 
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard on Walker Street; and
2.  1825 tour.  For the 1825 tour:
A.  The portion of Route 4 beginning in the Town of South Berwick at the New 
Hampshire state line north to the intersection with Route 9 in the Town of North 
Berwick;
B.  Continuing on that portion of Route 9 beginning at the intersection with Route 4 
and continuing east to the intersection with Route 109 in the Town of Wells;
C.  Continuing on that portion of Route 109 beginning at the intersection with Route 9 
and continuing east to the intersection with U.S. Route 1, also known as Post Road, in 
the Town of Wells;
D.  Continuing north on that portion of U.S. Route 1 beginning at the intersection with 
Route 9 and continuing to the intersection with Payne Road in the Town of 
Scarborough;
E.  Continuing north on that portion of Payne Road beginning in the Town of 
Scarborough and continuing north as Maine Mall Road to the intersection with Western 
Avenue in the City of South Portland;
F.  Continuing on that portion of Maine Mall Road beginning in the City of South 
Portland and continuing north as Johnson Road to the intersection with Congress Street 
in the City of Portland;
G.  Continuing on that portion of Congress Street beginning in the City of Portland east 
to the intersection with State Street;
H.  Continuing on that portion of State Street beginning at the intersection with 
Congress Street and continuing south to the intersection with Danforth Street;
I.  Continuing on that portion of Danforth Street beginning at the intersection with State 
Street and continuing northeast to the intersection with High Street;
J.  Continuing on that portion of High Street beginning at the intersection with Danforth 
Street and continuing north to the intersection with Free Street;
K.  Continuing on that portion of Free Street beginning at the intersection with High 
Street and continuing east to the intersection with Temple Street;
L.  Continuing on that portion of Temple Street beginning at the intersection with Free 
Street and continuing south to the intersection with Middle Street;
M.  Continuing on that portion of Middle Street beginning at the intersection with 
Temple Street and continuing east to the intersection with India Street;
N.  Continuing on that portion of India Street beginning at the intersection with Middle 
Street and continuing north to the intersection with Congress Street; and
O.  Continuing on that portion of Congress Street beginning at the intersection with 
India Street and continuing west to the site of the former State House at the corner of 
Myrtle Street and Congress Street.
Sec. 2.  Appropriations and allocations.  Resolved:  That the following 
appropriations and allocations are made.
TRANSPORTATION, DEPARTMENT OF
Maintenance and Operations 0330
Initiative: Provides one-time funding for signage to commemorate and recognize the 
Lafayette Trail.
HIGHWAY FUND
2020-21
2021-22
All Other
$0
$10,700
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HIGHWAY FUND TOTAL
$0
$10,700
SUMMARY
This resolve designates each portion of the Lafayette Trail for the purposes of the 
placement of suitable signs and markers by the Department of Transportation.