The purpose of this award to the maine department of public safety, maine state police are the operations and maintenance cost; repairs southbound kittery; repair/replace virtual station; and the…

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration awarded the Maine Department of Public Safety $954,560 on December 1, 2025, under the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance High Priority Activities Grants program (CFDA 20.237) to fund operations, maintenance, repairs, and grant management for Maine's commercial motor vehicle safety technology infrastructure.

The award funds four project objectives. Project 1 covers four years of operations and maintenance costs for Maine's six virtual screening sites, sustaining vendor support and annual maintenance to keep the sites fully operational without impact to the state's basic Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program. Project 2 restores the I-95 Kittery southbound fixed truck inspection site to full operational capacity by replacing the pole and associated smart roadside technology infrastructure damaged in a June 2024 vehicle crash; this site is Maine's busiest truck inspection location by volume. Project 3 provides funding for maintenance and repairs to keep deployed technology systems operational with minimal unexpected downtime or reduced function. Project 4 contracts with a consulting firm to provide grant project oversight, grant management assistance, and grant reporting support to help maintain deployed technology systems.

Performance runs through September 30, 2030, in Maine.

The purpose of this award to the maine department of public safety, maine state police are the operations and maintenance cost; repairs southbound kittery; repair/replace virtual station; and the grant management contract projects. Project 1 objective: 4 years of o & m costs for maine?s 6 virtual screening sites. Funding will keep maine current with required vendor ongoing and annual support and maintenance, without any financial impacts on the basic mcsap program. Having 6 sites fully operational will benefit maine?s comprehensive mcsap program as IT continues to realize the benefits provided by utilizing this technology as applied for in previously awarded ITD grants. Project 2 objective: the i-95 kittery southbound (SB) is the state?s busiest by volume fixed truck inspection site equipped with a smart roadside system. IT has been offline since june 2024 when a DUI driver crashed into the pole which housed the majority of the smart roadside technology for this site. Restore this site to full operational capacity by replacing the pole and associated smart roadside technology infrastructure damaged by the crash. Project 3 objective: this objective of this project IT to use this funding to keep deployed technology systems operational, with minimal unexpected downtime or reduced function, by having funding available for maintenance and repairs, without any financial impacts on the basic motor carrier safety assistance program (mcsap) program, while the mcsap program continues to realize the benefits provided by using this technology. Project 4 objective: this project will utilize this funding to contract with a consulting firm to assist with mcsap program management, most notably to help keep deployed technology systems operational, with minimal unexpected downtime or reduced function. The selected consulting firm will provide grant project oversight, grant management assistance and assist with grant reporting requirements.