CHAPTER 141

H.P. 1447 - L.D. 1947

Resolve, To Clarify Title to Land Related to the

Waldo-Hancock Bridge Replacement

Preamble. The Constitution of Maine, Article IX, Section 23 requires that real estate held by the State for conservation or recreation purposes may not be reduced or its uses substantially altered except on the vote of 2/3 of all members elected to each House.

Sec. 1. Director of Bureau of Parks and Lands authorized to transfer management responsibility for certain land in Fort Knox State Park to Department of Transportation. Resolved: That the Director of the Bureau of Parks and Lands within the Department of Conservation may by financial order transfer management responsibility of the following described property to the Department of Transportation for the purposes of: construction and maintenance of the westerly approach and abutment of the new bridge replacing the Waldo-Hancock Bridge; and confirmation of control, management and supervision of the portion of State Route 174 that crosses Fort Knox State Park and a portion of U.S. Route 1 that leads to the westerly approach to the existing Waldo-Hancock Bridge. The property is more particularly described as follows:

A portion of the Fort Knox State Historic Site, situated in the Town of Prospect, County of Waldo, and State of Maine, containing a total of 5.37 acres, as shown on a plan entitled, "State of Maine Department of Transportation Right of Way Map, State Highway '251' (Route 174) Prospect-Verona