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F O C U S L O G I S T I C S & T R A N S P O R TAT I O N
B y L a u r i e S c h r e i b e r
P H O T O / F R E D F I E L D
20 Charging ahead
With a boost from the VW
settlement, electric vehicle
charging ports are becoming
more common.
19 Rail upgrade
A two-year plan to upgrade
a freight rail line between
Waterville and North
Yarmouth is underway.
Habib Dagher, head of the Transportation
Infrastructure Durability Center at the
University of Maine, leads a coalition
of universities throughout New England
focused on identifying new materials and
technologies that maximize transportation
infrastructure investment.
L O G I S T I C S & T R A N S P O R TAT I O N F O C U S
UMaine-led research
coalition tackles the future
of transportation
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