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NG public works complex is state of the art

|Ellie Fellers, Special to the Sun Journal| The new $4.6 million public works complex officially opened this week and no longer will plow truck drivers have to ditch the plows […]

|Ellie Fellers, Special to the Sun Journal|

The new $4.6 million public works complex officially opened this week and no longer will plow truck drivers have to ditch the plows and blades to get inside.

New Gloucester Public Works Director Ted Shane, left, and interim Town Manager Paul First stand in the new $4.6 million public works garage Wednesday. Trucks can now be parked inside without having to have plows and blades removed. Ellie Fellers photo 

The facility at 611 Lewiston Road replaces the Upper Gloucester village garage and salt/sand shed.

Highway Department Director Ted Shane and interim Town Manager Paul First showed off the 22,000-square-foot garage and the domed sand/salt building Wednesday. Keep reading