"East-west highway records sought in Maine" by Glenn Adams | Associated Press, March 23, 2013
AUGUSTA, Maine — Environmentalists joined with civil libertarians and residents of northern Maine Friday to support a bill that would make memos and other planning documents for projects like the proposed 220-mile east-west highway project subject to public disclosure.
The Legislature’s Transportation Committee held a hearing on a bill sponsored by state Representative Jeff McCabe, Democrat of Skowhegan, which would make records, notes, summaries, memorandums, and other information on transportation projects that are a public-private partnership open to public review.
‘‘The controversy around the east-west highway demonstrates the problem with our current law, which treats all of these documents as confidential,’’ McCabe, the assistant House majority leader, told the committee. ‘‘The very secrecy surrounding the feasibility study and the department’s plans has undermined public confidence and trust in the process.’’
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