GORHAM, ME — Gorham Public Works Department staff broke ground on Tuesday, August 6, 2024 on a project to upgrade the stormwater system at the Municipal Center. Currently, runoff from the Municipal Center enters Railroad Brook untreated. Thanks to this project, runoff from the site will be treated by two new FocalPoint Biofiltration systems.

This project is a type of “Low Impact Development” (LID) stormwater system. In carrying out this project, the Town hopes not only to improve stormwater treatment at the Municipal Center but to also show how other sites in Town might install similar LID retrofits.

Project work will continue over the next few weeks, and will also include installation of new curbing and general aesthetic and landscaping improvements.

This project is funded by a $50,000 Community Resilience Partnership grant from the state. The Town is grateful for support from resident Rob Woodman, with Ferguson Waterworks, for donating a significant amount of his own time to the project.