Resolve, To Rename The Mill Pond Bridge The Sebago Veterans Memorial Bridge

132nd Legislature (2025-2026) Introduced by Jim Libby and 1 co-sponsor

Renames Mill Pond Bridge to the Sebago Veterans Memorial Bridge; MDOT to install new signage; minor, absorbable cost within existing highway budget.

Signed by Governor

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LD 685 — Resolve to Rename the Mill Pond Bridge the Sebago Veterans Memorial Bridge

Purpose and Intent

LD 685 is a concurrent resolution that designates the Mill Pond Bridge in Sebago, Maine as the “Sebago Veterans Memorial Bridge.” The bill’s purpose is to honor and recognize veterans by renaming the bridge.

Key Provisions

Renaming: The Mill Pond Bridge is renamed the Sebago Veterans Memorial Bridge.

Signage: The Maine Department of Transportation (MDOT) is responsible for implementing the name change on bridge signage.

Administrative scope: The resolution focuses on the naming; it does not create new programs or extensive regulatory changes.

Fiscal Impact

Overall cost impact: Minor increase to the Highway Fund.

Signage costs: Additional costs related to signage are expected to be minor and can be absorbed within MDOT’s existing budgeted resources.

Fiscal notes: Two identical preliminary/final fiscal notes (LR1331(01) and LR1331(02)) indicate the same outcome: minor, absorbable costs, with no significant new spending.

Affected Parties

Maine Department of Transportation (signage implementation and any associated administrative tasks).

Riders and the local Sebago community, including veterans’ organizations, who rely on highway signage.

General public and travelers using the Mill Pond Bridge.

Procedural History and Timeline

Introduced: February 20, 2025; referred to the Transportation Committee.

Committee process: Work session held March 25, 2025; voted OTP (Ought to Pass) March 27, 2025.

Legislative steps (in order): Readings and engrossment in early April 2025; concurrence actions on April 3–8, 2025.

Final actions: Passed to be engrossed; final concurrence and passage in April; Governor signed the bill on April 14, 2025.

Model status: Classified as a Resolve (not a statute), with the primary effect being the official naming of the bridge.

Summary

LD 685 resultingly changes the official name of the Mill Pond Bridge to the Sebago Veterans Memorial Bridge and directs MDOT to implement appropriate signage. The fiscal impact is minimal, with cost increases limited to signage and absorbable within existing resources. The bill was introduced in February 2025, progressed through the Transportation Committee, and was signed into law by the Governor in April 2025.