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don't live there, but know the area.

Bangor area has money. hammer on the town to clean that up.

UberIM

do you mean that the Maine DOT in the Bangor area has some discretionary funds?

r u in Maine? 'cause from where I sit "the Bangor area does NOT have money."

I will give it a shot............Bike Maine was not very helpful............

oh well........I will keep plugging along..........

grinningfool

Wrong !!! Unless you're name happens to be Stephen King, there's not a heck of a lot of money in Bangor.
And I ride that area regularly, but only in daylight. Yes, you can take the lane, but as someone already said, watch out for the trucks. Only advice I can give is use extra caution when going through there.

UberIM

word. Maybe the poster's frame of reference is Down East-Washington Cty?

I did contact BCOM and Maine DOT again!

"Extra caution:" I appreciate the sentiment. Reminds me of the time long ago when men asked their doctors if they could have sex after a heart attack and the stock answer was-just be careful and don't overdo it :-)....

I resent having to be in danger because I cannot get anyone to care in the Maine DOT and the BCOM has this feel good flier which totally glosses over what is wrong with biking in Maine and the BDN which did a cheesy article on me carting my therapy dog back and forth to work also does/says nothing!!!

Vented my spleen (to continue the medical metaphors)..........

Thanks again for all the help

127.0.0.1

born and raised in Maine. Rt2 I know like the back of my hand. All of it, all the way to Burlington VT.

My perspective might be tweaked: I was working all over Bangor for a summer 2003 installing cat 6 for many businesses, and upgrading networks and routers...and yes some peeps don't have coin, but the cronies, the old money is there. You just have to be the squeaky wheel and make your issue known. But it is Maine. I spent a lot of time at the airport and the peeps flying in and out of there ain't poor.

hotbike

Do it yourself.

Start with pruning shears, cut back what you can. You might want to spread the work out over several days. Wear a reflective vest and stand facing traffic while you trim.

After you cut back as much as possible with pruning shears, make another pass with the lopping shears.
I carry lopping shears on my bike with two bungee cords. One handle is next to the top tube, the other handle is next to the downtube , the blades are to the left of the headtube.

Do it yourself, just do a little at a time so you don't get too exhausted. I know when it's time to stop because my water bottle will be running out.

srmatte

What he said