{"id":978,"date":"2025-04-17T10:03:48","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T14:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merrymeetingtrail.org\/?p=978"},"modified":"2025-04-17T10:17:58","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T14:17:58","slug":"one-small-step-in-the-legislature-one-giant-leap-for-the-trail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.merrymeetingtrail.org\/?p=978","title":{"rendered":"One small step in the Legislature, one giant leap for the trail!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.merrymeetingtrail.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Maine_State_Capitol_Building.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.merrymeetingtrail.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Maine_State_Capitol_Building.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-559\" width=\"281\" height=\"350\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Great news from Augusta! At the work session on April 15, the Transportation Committee voted overwhelmingly that LD 29, the Merrymeeting Trail bill, &#8220;Ought to Pass.&#8221; This means it is heading to the full Legislature with a very positive bipartisan recommendation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of the process, language from another bill &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/mainelegislature.org\/legis\/bills\/display_ps.asp?paper=SP0415&amp;snum=132&amp;PID=1456\">LD 956<\/a>, which seeks to enact the RUAC recommendations on another trail-until-rail project in Calais &#8212; was added into LD 29. This means the fate of both projects are now connected. With more statewide support, this should improve the bill&#8217;s chances when it comes to the floor!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you to everyone who spoke up on behalf of the Merrymeeting Trail. As a result of your advocacy, we have taken a huge step forward. There is still much work to do to bring this trail to life. Please stay tuned for more info as we have it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Great news from Augusta! At the work session on April 15, the Transportation Committee voted overwhelmingly that LD 29, the Merrymeeting Trail bill, &#8220;Ought to Pass.&#8221; This means it is heading to the full Legislature with a very positive bipartisan recommendation. As part of the process, language from another bill &#8212; LD 956, which seeks [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.merrymeetingtrail.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.merrymeetingtrail.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.merrymeetingtrail.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.merrymeetingtrail.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.merrymeetingtrail.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=978"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.merrymeetingtrail.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":982,"href":"http:\/\/www.merrymeetingtrail.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/978\/revisions\/982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.merrymeetingtrail.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.merrymeetingtrail.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.merrymeetingtrail.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}