Political Quotes

“I introduce two bills for harbors in Maine, one to deauthorize the Federal Navigation Project in Northeast Harbor, and the second to redesignate the Upper Basin of the Union River Federal Navigational Channel as an anchorage. The bills, cosponsored by Senator Collins, will help strengthen the economic viability of these two popular Maine harbors. Because of changing harbor usage over the last 45 years, the Town of Mount Desert has requested that Northeast Harbor be withdrawn from the Federal Navigation Project. This removal will allow the town to adapt to the high demand for moorings and will allow residents to obtain moorings in a more timely manner. The Harbor has now reached capacity for both moorings and shoreside facilities and has a waiting list of over sixty people along with commercial operators who have been waiting for years to obtain a mooring for their commercial vessels. The Harbor was authorized in 1945 and constructed in 1954 as a mixed-use commercial fishing/recreational boating harbor--and it still is today.”