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From: peterd@midcoastimaging.com [mailto:peterd@midcoastimaging.com]
Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 8:34 AM
To: cmorris@morriscomm.net; Kennedy, Marty
Subject: Brunswick Naval Air Station website form submittal
I have lived in Brunswick for over 23 years, part of that time on Route 123 next to the Navy base, and the rest of that
time here in East Brunswick to the East of the base. I've looked over your Transportation Feasibility Study carefully,
and there seems to be one glaring issue that is not being addressed. Put as simply as possible, the traffic coming up
from Harpswell on Route 24 heading for the downtown Brunswick area & points West should not have to travel on
Bath Road, with its high traffic volume & "high crash locations". Similarly, the traffic coming up Route 123 heading
for Cooks Corner and points East should not have to travel through this congested and accident-ridden Bath Road
artery either. If you made provisions for traffic to flow South of the runway across from Route 123 to Route 24
(Golf Course intersection and Coombs Rd intersections, respectively,) you would significantly cut down on the
traffic volumes and accident rate on Bath Road and the Cooks Corner and Sills Drive intersections. This would give
you a much higher chance of success with any of your traffic access strategies to the new Brunswick Landing
facilities. Peter Dessereau
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From: eswan@pineisland.org [mailto:eswan@pineisland.org]
Sent: Friday, September 10, 2010 7:46 AM
To: cmorris@morriscomm.net; Kennedy, Marty
Subject: Brunswick Naval Air Station website form submittal
I prefer the "traffic-calming boulevard" model for outer Pleasant Street. Roundabouts at intersections will move
traffic smoothly and will be more visually appealing than traffic lights and lots of lanes. Until power lines are buried
on outer Pleasant, it will be hard to make it look much less ugly than in looks now, but eliminating one of the
existing travel lanes will free up space for much-needed aesthetic improvements. I strongly oppose widening Mill
Street to 4 lanes. Every effort should be made to divert traffic onto the Coastal Connector, a road that is much more
suited to being widened than a downtown street abutting a residential neighborhood like Mill Street. In summary,
please don't propose any solutions that widen existing roads with the exception of the Coastal Connector, whose sole
purpose is moving traffic and is therefore more suited to that role. Emily Swan
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From: cfolsom@localnet.com [mailto:cfolsom@localnet.com]
Sent: Friday, September 10, 2010 6:21 AM
To: cmorris@morriscomm.net; Kennedy, Marty
Subject: Brunswick Naval Air Station website form submittal
Re: Strategy 2C Improving mobility on Mill Street I live in the Topsham Heights neighborhood and work in
downtown Brunswick. I go home for lunch and travel across the black bridge and along Mill Street 4 times each
day. A middle turn lane on Mill Street would be helpful for left turning traffic coming out of Cushing Street to have
a place to go to while waiting to merge into southbound traffic. Presently, an opening is needed in both northbound
and southbound lanes in order to turn left. Also, the yield at the end of Mill turning onto Pleasant seems to be the
major contributor to the back up of traffic along Mill in the summer time. Drivers who are unfamiliar come to a
complete stop and wait. It would make more sense to restrict traffic turning left off Stanwood to the inner lane and
allowing Mill to flow into the outer lane. Lastly, the end of Cumberland where it meets Mill is wide enough for a
right turn and left turn lane designation. Drivers often pull to the far right and sit with their blinkers on for a left
hand turn; impeding all those who could turn right. (My other option for getting home would be a left hand turn onto
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