WKLCBA member towns reach milestone

Request for Proposal issued

On November 22, 2021, the WKLCBA member towns of Vienna, Readfield and Wayne took a giant step forward in bringing high-speed broadband internet access to its residents and western Kennebec County through the official issuance of an approved Request for Proposal (RFP) for Fiber Optic Construction Services & Network Operator Services.
 

The four town RFP can be found here

The associated strand map for Vienna can be downloaded here.

Other town strand maps: Wayne, Fayette, Readfield

The strand maps can be viewed using WKLCBA_RFP_FINAL.pdfGoogle Earth  

Follow election results here

Polls are open from 8 AM - 8 PM at the Vienna Community Center

Questions Appearing on the Ballot

Question 1 – Citizen Initiative
Do you want to ban the construction of high-impact electric transmission lines in the Upper Kennebec Region and to require the Legislature to approve all other such projects anywhere in Maine, both retroactively to 2020, and to require the Legislature, retroactively to 2014, to approve by a two-thirds vote such projects using public land?

Link to Legislation

Question 2 – Bond Issue
Do you favor a $100,000,000 bond issue to build or improve roads, bridges, railroads, airports, transit facilities and ports and make other transportation investments, to be used to leverage an estimated $253,000,000 in federal and other funds?

Link to Legislation

The Vienna Planning Board Will hold a public hearing

On Wednesday September 22 at 7:00 PM

At the Town House on Town House Road (Route 41)

Regarding the proposed SUBDIVISION of Land near the intersection of Tower and Stream Roads into 5 residential lots with acreages between 5 and 8 acres. This land is shown on Tax Map 5 as Lot 5 – 2.

-- Creston Gaither, Secretary, Vienna Planning Board

Many of you already know about the good Neighbors Driving Neighbors (NDN) does to help our several towns' citizens age-in-place, even in some ways during the pandemic. This is one of NDN's major annual fundraising events.