Traffic signal operations are a top priority for the Town of Scarborough. Not only do well-coordinated traffic signals increase safety along our streets, but they also improve travel efficiency, cut down on red-light delays, and save motorists' time and fuel.

 

Drivers may have noticed some changes in the way the traffic lights function in the Dunstan Corner area of Scarborough. In late July 2019, the Town activated an adaptive traffic control system in Dunstan corner to include the intersections of US Route One and Harlow Street, Payne Road, and Broadturn Road/Pine Point Road. An adaptive traffic control system (ATCS) is designed to intelligently respond to driver patterns and to service signals most efficiently based on traffic demand.

 

This adaptive traffic control system uses radar to monitor traffic volume and artificial intelligence to use real-time data to respond to traffic conditions.  With this installation, motorists will notice the following:

If this is an intersection that you travel through regularly, you will want to note that the traffic flow will alter from the sequence that you have become accustomed to. Again, the ATCS will accommodate the streets that have the highest demand for only the amount of time they need. This means that the lights may turn green in an unpredictable fashion that is different from the cycle-based pattern you are familiar with. This also means that the lights may change more quickly than you may expect. Rest assured that the system respects the mandated minimum times for green and yellow lights and ensuring an all-red period when lights are changing.

 

Questions? Contact us by email or call us at 207.730.4400.

The Scarborough Historical Society and Scarborough Public Library invite quilters from the community to create a quilt square representing a suggested theme related to the town and its history. Squares will be sewn into a commemorative quilt to recognize the Bicentennial of Maine's Statehood being celebrated in March of 2020.

 

Fifty completed squares are needed by Friday, November 1, 2019 to make this project possible. A Scarborough Bicentennial Quilt information center will be on display at the Scarborough Public Library, 48 Gorham Road, through Monday, September 2, 2019. Quilters will find instructions, a sign-up sheet with themes, and 10.5" X 10.5" muslin squares to be used as their base.

 

The finished quilt will be displayed on a bed once owned by Governor William King, Scarborough native and Maine's first Governor. The bed is part of the Scarborough Historical Society's collection. This display will be included in a community Bicentennial programming series being planned by the Scarborough Historical Society and Scarborough Public Library for March of 2020.

 

For additional information, visit the Scarborough Bicentennial Quilt page on the Library's website.

 

This summer's progress on the project has been truly remarkable. The crews have substantially completed the structural steel frame for the building, and the interior and exterior drywall framing for the upper outside walls and rooms is also in full stride.   Steel stairs sections are being installed to facilitate access to the elevated floor decks, and the roofers are laying the membrane roof over the flat sections of the Apparatus Bay. No doubt you have likely noticed the trusses going up on the Route One side of the building, marking the top of the building peak and establishing the final visual profile of this substantial building.

On the ground, site crews have installed a new 16" water line that will not only service the new public safety building but also provide an interconnection of the water main system between Sawyer Road and Municipal Drive for area residents. Crews from Unitil have been installing the gas line in Route One, and the new entrance to Durant Drive is nearly ready for pavement. Around the site, dozers and excavators are shaping slopes and drive surfaces in preparation for final treatments scheduled for this fall and early next summer (some of it after occupancy due to the planting season).

One other major milestone will occur just after Labor Day, and that will be the erection of the systems-critical communications tower. The 180' tall structure, whose deep concrete foundations were installed earlier this spring, will be erected in sections adjacent to the main entrance of the building and provide critical communications infrastructure for the town's public safety needs. In accordance with the co-location requirements of the town's communications tower ordinance, five spaces on the tower have been reserved for cell phone carrier leases. This will not only greatly improve reception for the townspeople of Scarborough, but also provide a reliable income stream through tower lease agreements with interested providers.

We're excited to welcome ecomaine for a workshop all about recycling! Join us for a fun, interactive, and informative evening about what can (and can't) be recycled and where our trash goes once it leaves the curb.

 

Tuesday, August 20, 2019

6:30 p.m.

Scarborough Public Library

 

Round up your friends and neighbors, bring your questions, and join us to talk trash and recycling!