Resolve, Directing the
Maine Legislature, Session 132, LD 0030
Committee Amendment CA_A_S45 (Senate)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "/) " to S.P. 47, L.D. 30, "Resolve, Directing the
Department of Transportation to Implement the Recommendations of the Portland to
Auburn Rail Use Advisory Council Regarding the Rail Line from Portland to Yarmouth "
Amend the resolve by striking out the title and substituting the following:
'Resolve, to Direct the Department of Transportation to Implement the
Recommendations of the Portland to Auburn Rail Use Advisory Council'
Amend the resolve by striking out all of section 1 and inserting the following:
'See. 1. Trail construction on Berlin Subdivision. Resolved: That, based on the
majority recommendation of the Portland to Auburn Rail Use Advisory Council and
pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 23, section 7107, the Department of
Transportation shall, subject to available funding resources, permitting and municipal
agreements, remove state-owned inactive existing railroad track along the section known
as the Berlin Subdivision between the City of Portland and the City of Auburn, from a point
north of the swing bridge at Back Cove in Portland at or near mile marker 1.7 to mile
marker 26.5 in Auburn, and replace tlie track with an interim bicycle and pedestrian trail
surfaced with pavement or gravel or stone dust on the existing rail bed.'
Amend the resolve by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or
section number to read consecutively.
SUMMARY
This amendment, which is the majority report of the committee, expands the direction
to the Department of Transportation to implement the recommendations of the Portland to
Auburn Rail Use Advisory Council. The amendment directs the Department of
Transportation to remove state-owned inactive existing railroad track along the section
known as the Berlin Subdivision between the City of Portland and the City of Auburn,
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "^-» to S,P, 47, L.D. 30 (<>-<
father than between the City of Portland and Royal River Park on East Elm Street in the
Town of Yarmouth.
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
(See attached)
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Approved: 04/17/25 t-KI^
LD 30 LR 133(02)
Resolve, Directing the Department of Transportation to Implement the Recommendations of the
Portland to Auburn Rail Use Advisory Council Regarding the Rail Line from Portland to Yarmouth
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment ^'( £r t'l
Committee; Transportation
Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
Potential current biennium cost increase - Highway Fund
Potential current biennium cost increase - Federal Expenditures Fund
Potential current biennium revenue increase " Highway Fund
Potential current biennium revenue increase - Federal Expenditures Fund
Fiscal Detail and Notes
The bill requires the Department of Transportation, subject to funding, permitting and municipal agreements, to
remove inactive railroad track along the section known as the Berlin Subdivision between the City of Portland and the
City of Auburn and replace the track with an interim bicycle and pedestrian trail.
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