The Maine Department of Transportation (Maine DOT) was awarded a $142,199.37 Project Grant on May 23, 2023 from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) under the Highway Planning and Construction program (CFDA 20.205). The grant funding will support rehabilitation improvements to state-owned ferry service assets serving Casco Bay islands in Maine. Specifically, the grant award will fund rehabilitation projects for the Casco Bay Ferry Service, which provides...
This Project Grant award in the amount of $371,575.00 was provided by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) under the Highway Planning and Construction federal grant program (CFDA 20.205) on May 1, 2025. The funding will be used by the Maine Department of Transportation (MaineDOT) to rehabilitate and improve state-owned ferry terminal assets serving Chebeague, Great Diamond, Cliff Island, and Peak's Island in the Casco Bay area. The scope of work includes pile replacement, fender...
The Maine Department of Transportation received a $100,000 Project Grant award on July 6, 2022 from the Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration. The grant funding will support rehabilitation work including rewiring the gantry power and lighting system and ferryboat wiring for Frye Island in Maine. The work falls under the Highway Planning and Construction federal grant program authorized by the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number 20.205. This program aims to...
This $545,112.50 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration (CFDA 20.205 - Highway Planning and Construction) provides funding to the Maine Department of Transportation (MaineDOT) for rehabilitation and improvement projects on state-owned ferry terminal assets serving Chebeague, Great Diamond, Cliff Island, and Peak's Island in Casco Bay, Maine. The scope of work includes replacing aging piles, fenders, and cross-bracing, as well as...
This $961,600 Formula Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration (CFDA 20.507 Federal Transit Formula Grants) to the Casco Bay Island Transit District (dba Casco Bay Lines) supports the preliminary design, engineering, and planning for a replacement passenger/freight ferry vessel to serve the Casco Bay islands off Portland, Maine. The project activities include naval architecture and engineering services to develop a preliminary design for a new...
This $371,575 Project Grant awarded on May 1, 2025 by the Federal Highway Administration (CFDA 20.205 Highway Planning and Construction) supports the rehabilitation and improvement of state-owned ferry assets serving Chebeague, Great Diamond, Cliff Island, and Peak's Island in Maine. The scope of work includes pile replacement, fender replacement, cross-bracing rehabilitation/replacement, concrete repair, and deck replacement at the ferry facilities on these islands. The grant recipient is the...
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) awarded a $318,875.70 Project Grant under the Highway Planning and Construction program (CFDA 20.205) to the Maine Department of Transportation (MaineDOT) on July 16, 2024. The grant will fund the rehabilitation and various improvements at the Frye Island-Raymond, Maine ferry facility. The project aims to enhance the island ferry infrastructure, including work on the ramp deck. As a state transportation agency, MaineDOT frequently receives FHWA grants to...
The Casco Bay Island Transit District (CBITD), doing business as Casco Bay Lines, was awarded a $4,000,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to develop a diesel electric hybrid propulsion system for its Peaks Island ferry service. The award was made under the FTA's Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) on April 7, 2021, with a projected completion date of December 31, 2025. The Formula Grants program makes federal...
The Maine Department of Transportation (Maine DOT) received a $905,908.06 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration (CFDA 20.205 - Highway Planning and Construction) on April 16, 2024. The grant funding will support a statewide program to develop, acquire, and install publicly accessible electric vehicle (EV) charging stations along highway corridors in Maine. This project aims to expand the use of EVs in the state by improving EV charging...
This $1,309,812 Formula Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) State of Good Repair Grants Program (CFDA 20.525) supports preventive maintenance and replacement of equipment for the Casco Bay Island Transit District (Casco Bay Lines) ferry system in Maine. The funding will cover ongoing preventive maintenance of Casco Bay Lines' ferries, equipment, and facilities, including work performed by external contractors and in-house staff. The grant will also enable procurement of...