Maine Senate gives initial support to Sen. Bailey bill to honor veterans by renaming Salmon Falls Bridge in Buxton and Hollis

AUGUSTA – On Tuesday, April 1, the Maine Senate gave its initial support to a bill from Sen. Donna Bailey, D-Saco. LD 672, “Resolve, to Rename the Salmon Falls Bridge Between Buxton and Hollis the Salmon Falls Veterans Memorial Bridge,” would honor Maine veterans by renaming Salmon Falls Bridge the Salmon Falls Veterans Memorial Bridge. Last month, the Legislature’s Transportation Committee gave its unanimous, bipartisan support to the bill at the work session.  

“I am grateful to my Senate colleagues for lending their unanimous, bipartisan support to this bill,” said Sen. Bailey. “As we all know, honoring Maine’s veterans is not a partisan issue – it is simply the right thing to do. Each and every day, I am grateful for the sacrifices that the men and women of the armed services — past and present — make to defend our democracy and promote our shared values.”

In the 132nd Maine Legislature, Sen. Bailey has honored veterans by working to rename bridges across Senate District 31. In Old Orchard Beach and Saco, LD 37, which Sen. Bailey sponsored, renamed Goosefare Brook Bridge the Captain Christopher S. Cash Memorial Bridge in honor of a local Operation Iraqi Freedom veteran. In Biddeford and Saco, LD 79, which Sen. Bailey co-sponsored, renamed Saco Memorial Bridge the General Wallace H. Nutting Memorial Bridge in honor of former mayor and Korean and Vietnam Wars veteran Wallace Nutting.

Both bills received unanimous, bipartisan support in the Transportation Committee. They also passed both the Maine House and Senate and were signed into law by Governor Janet Mills. They will go into effect on June 20, 2025.

LD 672 now faces additional votes in the House and Senate before it goes to the Governor’s desk.

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