Ellsworth Surface Transportation and Recreation Center

A strategic initiative to support multiple transportation and recreation options for Ellsworth residents and visitors:

• Rail station
• Trail head for the Down East Sunrise Tail (see www.sunrisetrail.org)
• Bus station
• Information and visitor center
• Park and ride

• TBA

• Memorandum of Agreement (Rev. 03/23/07)
• Proposed Scope of Work
• Project Gantt Chart (PDF) / Project Gantt Chart (XLS)
• Draft Feasibility Analysis (12/29/11) (13.7 MB Docx)
• Draft Feasibility Analysis (12/29/11) (5.0 MB PDF)

Images

• Concept Plans A and B (Created by Coplon Associates) (3.4 MB PDF)
• Google Sketch up Rendering of the STAR Center Concept (Created by Coplon Associates) (11 MB SKP file, requires installing Google Sketchup)

Maps (Large JPG and PDF Files)

• Bangor Hydro Electic Proposed Transmission Line Map
• Downeast Transit Bus Map Side 1 / Side 2
• Ellsworth Community Asset Map
• Ellsworth Comprehensive Plan Maps
• Ellsworth Land Use Map
• High Street Location Map (2.5 MB PDF)
• High Street Location Map (2.5 MB jpg)
• Sidewalks of Ellsworth (Created by Tom Stipe)
• STAR Center Location Alternatives (250KB jpg)

Links

• TIGER II Transportation Planning Initiative
• United Way TIGER II Article

Local

• City of Ellsworth
  • Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan
  • Comprehesive plan
  • Downtown Parking Study
  • High Street Traffic Study
  • Implementation Planning for the Ellsworth Rail with Trail
  • Safe Routes to School Program
  • Waterfront Planning Presentation (07/10/06)
• Coplon Associates, Landscape Architecture and Planning
• Down East Sunrise Trail
• Downeast Rail Heritage Preservation Trust
• Downeast Transportation, Inc
• Eastern Maine Community College Land Use Project
• Ellsworth Public Library
• Hancock County Planning Commission Transportation
• Hancock Washington Community Agency
• Healthy Acadia
• Sidewalks of Ellsworth
• West Transportation

State

• Maine Department of Environmental Protection
• Maine Department of Transportation
• Maine Office of Community Development

Sample Transportation Center Studies

• The IndyGo Downtown Transit Center Feasibility Study (Indianapolis)
• Ossipee, New Hampshire Transportation Center Feasibility Study
• Southeastern Massachusetts Commuter Rail Task Force Alternatives Study
  • Wareham Intermodal Transportation Center Site Analysis

GIS Data

• E911 Roads (303 KB Zip)
• Contour (636 KB Zip)
• Crosswalks, Bus Routes and Bus Stops (5 KB Zip)
• Future Land Use ( 4.5 MB Zip)
• National Wetland Inventory (3,11 MB Zip)
• Sidewalks (8 KB Zip)
• Soil Suitability for Development (761 KB Zip)
• Merrill Property (Blue Seal Feed) (2 KB Zip)
• Parcels Shape File (4 MB Zip)
• Selected Parcels for Location Alternatives Shape File (19KB Zip)
• Rail and Trail Corridor (2 KB Zip)
• Upper High Street Aerial Photograph (2 MB Zip)
• Upper High Street Aerial USGS Topographic Map Image (14 KB Zip)