U.S. Sen. Susan Collins has secured $8 million in federal funding for the University of Maine to develop a prototype bridge.
That money from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Infrastructure will fund research into developing a bridge at half the cost, half the time and that lasts twice as long, the senator’s office announced Friday morning.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy informed Collins this week that his agency was moving ahead with the partnership.