Contract Awarded for Rehabilitation of Acadia National Park Eagle Lake Carriage Road

Date: September 9, 2020

Contact: Christie Anastasia, 207-288-8660

BAR HARBOR, MAINE — The Countrywide Park Support has awarded a deal to Harold MacQuinn, Inc. of Hancock, ME for Eagle Lake Carriage Street Rehabilitation. In 2021, the Eagle Lake Carriage Highway in Acadia Countrywide Park will be rehabilitated to make improvements to and stabilize the road surface area and linked options.

Recreationists should foresee closures typically from just one intersection to yet another from April 15-November 15, 2021 weather conditions and agenda permitting. Those organizing to recreate on the Eagle Lake Carriage Road for any exercise through this time ought to consult Current Conditions to ascertain the precise closures for any particular timeframe. This work, at first scheduled for 2020, knowledgeable delays in scheduling. The only do the job scheduled for 2020 is straight connected to planning for up coming year’s perform and is not predicted to deliver a carriage street closure in 2020.

The do the job to be executed on the Eagle Lake Carriage Road includes, but is not constrained to: 

• Rehabilitation of the present carriage street surface and subgrade, 6+ miles. 
• Rehabilitation of existing drainage options such as roadside ditches, stone-lined drainage channels, and find culverts. 
• Reconstruction of many sections of dry-laid stone masonry retaining walls. 
• Stabilization of stone slope safety walls concerning the carriage road and spots with steeper slopes. 

On completion of this undertaking, all 45 miles of historic carriage roads in Acadia National Park will have undergone this kind of advancement to assure the preservation of the resource and the practical experience for upcoming generations. Acadia National Park consists of nationally important cultural assets including the best and most extensive example of a historic carriage street process in the United States. 

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