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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.15in"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow;mso-ligatures:none">This email is going to every town/city in Maine. Please forward this to any others who may be interested in
this info……… thanks.</span><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>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 !<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The Maine Department of Transportation, Maine Department of Marine Resources, and the Maine Office of Community Affairs, are seeking applications for the
<a href="https://www.maine.gov/dot/programs-services/environmental-efforts/climate-initiative/adaptation">
Maine Public Working Waterfront Infrastructure Fund</a>. The Request For Applications went live on January 29, 2026, and
<b>closes on March 11, 2026, at 11:59 EST</b>. To access the Request For Applications, Project Rating Criteria, Resiliency Guidelines, Application, Frequently Asked Questions, and grant submittal instructions, use this link:
<a href="https://www.maine.gov/dot/programs-services/environmental-efforts/climate-initiative/adaptation/grant">
https://www.maine.gov/dot/programs-services/environmental-efforts/climate-initiative/adaptation/grant</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">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:<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="https://www.maine.gov/dot/programs-services/environmental-efforts/climate-initiative/adaptation/grant">https://www.maine.gov/dot/programs-services/environmental-efforts/climate-initiative/adaptation/grant</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Please send any and all questions to
<a href="mailto:Adaptation.DOT@maine.gov">Adaptation.DOT@maine.gov</a>. Sierra Millay or Lirella Jaen will answer any questions. Please do not email me!
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Pete<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif;mso-ligatures:none">Peter M. Coughlan, P.E.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif;mso-ligatures:none">Director, Maine Local Roads Center (LTAP)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif;mso-ligatures:none">Community Services Division<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif;mso-ligatures:none">MaineDOT, Station 16, 24 Child St<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif;mso-ligatures:none">Augusta ME 04333-0016<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif;mso-ligatures:none">Ph: 207/624-3266 FAX: 207/624-3301<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif;color:blue;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="mailto:peter.coughlan@maine.gov"><span style="color:#0563C1">peter.coughlan@maine.gov</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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