Bath officials, architect reveal North Street plans

Reconstruction slated to start this summer

BY DARCIE MOORE Times Record Staff

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RESIDENTS EXAMINE PLANS for reconstruction of North Street this summer following a presentation on the project Wednesday at City Hall. City officials and Jennifer Claster, a landscape architect for Wright-Pierce, said now is the time to hear concerns from residents and learn details about this portion of the road before plans are finalized. DARCIE MOORE / THE TIMES RECORD BATH

City officials and a landscape architect with Wright-Pierce unveiled plans for reconstruction of North Street this summer at an hour-long meeting Wednesday night in the basement of City Hall.

The first phase of the project will stretch from the Five Corners intersection (where North, Oak Grove and Lincoln streets and Congress Avenue come together) to High Street. A second phase, anticipated to be completed in 2016, would continue the reconstruction further to Washington Street.

Peter Owen, Baths public works director, said now is the time to hear feedback from residents and learn about subsurface issues specific to their properties. There were at least 40 residents attending the meeting.

JENNIFER CLASTER Wright-Pierce landscape architect Jennifer Claster said North Street is part of a city-designated primary bike route between the Sagadahoc Bridge and West Bath, and also part of the interim onroad route for the East Coast Greenway and U.S. Bike Route 1A. This route will connect to a local and more regional trail that will link the Androscoggin River Bicycle and Pedestrian Path to the Kennebec River.

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