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Brunswick Train Maintenance Facility Blocked

A setback for the state's passenger rail authority in its bid to build a layover facility for Downeaster trains in Brunswick. A Superior Court judge has voided a stormwater runoff permit issued by the Department of Environmental Protection, citing a failure to notify nearby homeowners of the proceeding.

Passenger Rail Authority chief Patricia Quinn says "We followed the DEP's guidance on this" and says the rail authority will "wait to see what we do next."

Neighbors of the project have complained it has no place near a residential neighborhood. In a statement, Bob Morrison, chair of a neighborhood group, says the passenger rail authority "is ignoring the concerns of the residents of our neighborhood where this giant industrial garage is going to be built." The layover facility project has other governmental approvals needed for construction.