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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear Municipal Officials,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">This email is being sent to municipal officials and public works crews across all towns in Maine. Please forward this to your Fire Department
and other departments such as Police, emergency responders, as necessary.</span></b><b><br>
</b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%">Attached is an informational brochure describing an upcoming addition to MaineDOT’s bridge posting signs. These signs have yet to be installed in Maine but will be soon. Before any sign is installed, the
town and any mutual aid town that might regularly use the bridge will be called to discuss the restriction.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">If you have any questions, please call Ben Foster at (207) 592-2637.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.05in"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Benjamin W. Foster, PE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.05in"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Bridge Maintenance Engineer<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.05in"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Deputy Chief Engineer<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.05in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Bureau of Maintenance & Operations | Bridge Maintenance Division<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#003C71">Maine Department of Transportation<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.05in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">16 SHS, Augusta, Maine 04333-0016<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt">M: (207) 592-2637<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="mailto:ben.foster@maine.gov"><span style="color:#0563C1">ben.foster@maine.gov</span></a><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"><a href="mailto:peter.coughlan@maine.gov"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif;color:#0563C1;mso-ligatures:none">peter.coughlan@maine.gov</span></a><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif;color:blue;mso-ligatures:none"><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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