Blackwoods Byway

02/07/06

Minutes

Introductions

· Jim Fisher, HCPC

· Larry Johannesman, MaineDOT

· Gary Edwards, DE RC&D

· John Brace, Cherryfield

· John Titus, BP&L

· Charles Corliss, LURC

· Ashby Bladen, Friends of Tunk

· Andrew Sprague, Cherryfield

Review of the Corridor Management Plan

• Scenic Tour
• Inventory of Highway Assets and Deficits
• Goals and Objectives
• Action Plan

What we can do to further the Goals and Objectives

Preservation

· Promotion of open space, scenic vistas, working landscape

· Litter and graffiti control

Safety

· Access management – particularly for recreational users

· Long Pond

· Tunk Lake

· Spring River Lake

· Improving dangerous sections – signage, slower speed postings, reflective posts

· Hole in the Wall

· Fox Pond

· Long Pond

· Paving and shoulder improvements throughout

Promoting Economy

· Improvements to recreational resources

· Tunk Lake Ramp and Parking - IF&W

· Vault Privy

· Information Kiosk

· Need to consult with IF&W (local warden Scott Osgood - )

· Dynamite Brook Road

· Clearing mid way that might be a picnic site

· Trailhead Improvements

· Spring River Lake

· BP&L still under pressure to provide motorize boat

· Might add picnic facilities to the Herrick Road end

Public Involvement and Education

• Coordinating Committee
• Town representatives
• UT Residents
• BP&L
• IF&W
• RC&D - DART
• HCPC & WCCOG
• Bangor Hydro - Robert Look in Columbia Falls
• The Nature Conservancy - 10,000 acres ecological reserve, need to draft an management Plan (Nancy Sffera)
• Downeast Rivers (not very active now)

Projects

• See above +
• Photo, Mapping, publicizing, Geocaching historic features
• Cemeteries Historic – Veterans
• Rail Trail Crossings
• Watersheds
• Ashby - 1/2 acre on Route 182 will put a picnic area - Information
• Preventive measures - Surveillance for the privy or other dump sites.

Future Meetings and Events

• Blackwoods Byway Meeting – Tuesday, March 7 11:00 AM Downeast RC&D
• Cherryfield Town Meeting March 16? - 7:00 PM