Applications now open for funding for Maine Public Working Waterfront Infrastructure Fund

[Coughlan, Peter]

This email is going to every town/city in Maine.  Please forward this to any others who may be interested in this info......... thanks.
On 11/24/2025, I sent out a statewide email announcing this opportunity and said applications would be available at end of January.......... here it is !

The Maine Department of Transportation, Maine Department of Marine Resources, and the Maine Office of Community Affairs, are seeking applications for the Maine Public Working Waterfront Infrastructure Fund<https://www.maine.gov/dot/programs-services/environmental-efforts/climate-initiative/adaptation>. The Request For Applications went live on January 29, 2026, and closes on March 11, 2026, at 11:59 EST. To access the Request For Applications, Project Rating Criteria, Resiliency Guidelines, Application, Frequently Asked Questions, and grant submittal instructions, use this link: https://www.maine.gov/dot/programs-services/environmental-efforts/climate-initiative/adaptation/grant

This program is for Municipalities or Tribal Governments to adapt existing public working waterfront infrastructure to reduce vulnerability to climate change, sea level rise, coastal flooding, and other impacts. Eligible properties include Municipal or Tribally owned existing public working waterfronts abutting tidal waters or located in the intertidal zone that provide access to or support commercial fishing, aquaculture, or other commercial marine activities. This could include boat launching, water access paths, gear loading/unloading space, or equipment, among other things. Projects could include elevating, strengthening or relocating existing infrastructure, or other activities that will make public working waterfront infrastructure more accessible to commercial and recreational users and functional in future conditions.

To hear about details, there will be three Working Waterfront Resiliency Workshops starting next week (Machias, Portland, Belfast) on the funding opportunity.  See bottom of this link:
https://www.maine.gov/dot/programs-services/environmental-efforts/climate-initiative/adaptation/grant

Please send any and all questions to Adaptation.DOT at maine.gov<mailto:Adaptation.DOT at maine.gov>. Sierra Millay or Lirella Jaen will answer any questions. Please do not email me!

Pete

Peter M. Coughlan, P.E.
Director, Maine Local Roads Center (LTAP)
Community Services Division
MaineDOT, Station 16, 24 Child St
Augusta ME 04333-0016
Ph: 207/624-3266   FAX: 207/624-3301
peter.coughlan at maine.gov<mailto:peter.coughlan at maine.gov>

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