Sen. Donna Bailey introduces bill to honor veterans by renaming Salmon Falls Bridge in Buxton and Hollis

AUGUSTA – On Tuesday, March 25, Sen. Donna Bailey, D-Saco, introduced a bill to honor Maine veterans by renaming Salmon Falls Bridge the Salmon Falls Veterans Memorial Bridge. The Legislature’s Transportation Committee conducted a public hearing for LD 672, “Resolve, to Rename the Salmon Falls Bridge Between Buxton and Hollis the Salmon Falls Veterans Memorial Bridge.”  

“As lawmakers, we serve on different committees and work on many bills. With this particular one, I am pleased to help honor Maine’s veterans,” said Sen. Bailey. “Whether residents or visitors, people who see these bridge names will remember the brave men and women who served in the armed forces. In this way, we will not forget their patriotism and sacrifice. We can demonstrate our gratitude for their efforts to protect our freedoms and rights.”

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.

After the public hearing for LD 672, the Committee immediately went into work session and voted unanimously in favor of renaming the bridge. In the coming weeks, it will be reported out of the Committee and sent to the Senate floor for initial votes of the full chamber.

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