Maine Department of Transportation wants members of the traveling public to be aware of changing traffic patterns at the intersection of Routes 1 and 27 (Boothbay Road) in Edgecomb. Beginning Monday, Aug. 23 northbound Route 27 traffic will be detoured to Cross Road in order to access Route 1. We expect this detour to be in place until early September.

We continue to ask the public to be patient and extremely careful when navigating this intersection. The contractor on this project is Sargent Corporation of Old Town. The contract amount is $2,346,703. The project is still scheduled to be finished by mid-October.

On Aug. 16, MDOT stated the closure would start Aug. 16. On Aug. 17, MDOT updated the announcement to state it starts Aug. 23.