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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…….. Police/Fire, Road Com’s’rs/Foremen, PWDirectors, selectboard, councilors, etc……… thanks.</span><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";mso-ligatures:none"><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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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Constantia",serif;color:#80340D;mso-ligatures:none">Integrity – Competence – Service
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2D2926">The Maine Department of Transportation (MaineDOT) is seeking applications for the
<a href="https://www.maine.gov/dot/programs-services/environmental-efforts/climate-initiative/adaptation">
2026 Maine Infrastructure Adaptation Fund</a> (MIAF). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2D2926"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="color:#2D2926">The Request For Applications went live on March 30, 2026, and closes
</span>on <b><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Monday, May 11, 2026, at 11:59 pm EST</span></b>.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto"><span style="color:#2D2926">To access the Request For Applications documentation: Overview of the Grant Program, Resilience Guidelines, Project Rating Criteria, Application, Frequently Asked Questions,
and grant submittal instructions, please use the link or QR code below:</span> <a href="https://www.maine.gov/dot/programs-services/environmental-efforts/climate-initiative/adaptation">
https://www.maine.gov/dot/programs-services/environmental-efforts/climate-initiative/adaptation</a><span style="color:#2D2926"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="color:#2D2926">The<b> purpose</b> of this program is to enable Municipalities, Tribal Governments, and Infrastructure Districts to adapt
<u>existing</u> critical infrastructure to reduce vulnerability to climate change impacts, such as sea level rise, increased precipitation, and other related climate risks, and provide increasing resilience.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b>Eligible properties </b>
include publicly owned <u>existing</u> infrastructure in Municipalities, Tribal Governments, and Infrastructure Districts<b>.
</b>Private, state-owned, or state-aid infrastructure, including state-owned and state-aid infrastructure located within urban compact areas, are<b> not</b> eligible to apply.
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b>Eligible projects </b>include, but are not limited to, elevating or relocating
<u>existing</u> infrastructure, stormwater systems upgrades, and wastewater treatment plants upgrades for increased resilience to climate stressors, and/or
<span style="color:#2D2926">replacing existing stream crossings with structures that comply with MaineDOT’s 100-year flood standards and ensure habitat connectivity.</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<span style="color:#2D2926"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b>The 2026 Maine Infrastructure Adaptation Fund Workshop</b>: Date: Wed. April 29, 2026, Time: 12 p.m.- 1 p.m. Details and Zoom link available on the
<a href="https://www.maine.gov/dot/programs-services/environmental-efforts/climate-initiative/adaptation/miaf">
MaineDOT’s website.</a> <o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Kindly <b><u>direct all inquiries</u> </b>to<b> </b><a href="mailto:Adaptation.DOT@maine.gov">Adaptation.DOT@maine.gov</a>. Sierra Millay or Lirella Jaen will answer any questions.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Please do not reply to this email or email Peter Coughlan about the 2026 MIAF grant opportunity.</b> Thank you!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.05in"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Lirella Jaen, MS</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"> (she/her)<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.05in"><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Transportation Planning Specialist<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt">207.441.7696<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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