Bypass plan goes nowhere in Wiscasset: State kills it.

Byline: Leslie Bridgers

Aug. 02--The commissioner of the Maine Department of Transportation has called off all plans to build a bypass around Wiscasset, where potential solutions for summer traffic congestion have been studied for more than 50 years. Just last year, the MDOT had settled on its most specific plan to date for a corridor around the town's historic village, where traffic can back up on Route 1 for several miles in both directions on busy summer weekends. But the project was subsequently thrown into limbo after an American bald eagle's nest was found near the proposed route last summer. Transportation Commissioner David Bernhardt said Monday that his …