Fishermen and other Gouldsboro residents are invited to a conversation about three of Gouldsboro’s harbors at the Peninsula School cafeteria on Saturday, May 17, at 1 PM. The meeting will focus on the town’s harbor infrastructure in Prospect Harbor, Bunkers Harbor, and South Gouldsboro. This is the first of a two-meeting series that will shape the town’s investments in these harbors over the coming years.
In this first meeting, we will ask for your suggestions about maintenance, improvements to existing structures, and potential new facilities. We will also seek your views about how the use of these harbors might change over the next twenty years. Over the summer months after this meeting, Gouldsboro’s Coastal Resilience Committee will work with engineers and environmental planners from Streamworks and FB Environmental to look at the cost and feasibility of the suggestions coming out of this meeting. In late summer or early fall, we will schedule another meeting to share the findings with the community. The second meeting will also provide an opportunity to discuss plans and next steps.
Here are some examples of ideas and concerns we might talk about for each harbor, in addition to maintenance, lighting, safety concerns, impacts from storms and sea-level rise, and other issues that apply to all harbors.
Prospect Harbor
- Improvements/changes to the public pier and float
- Parking
- Possible new boat launch next to the pier
- Other ideas and suggestions
Bunkers Harbor
- Changes to the public boat launch
- Parking
- Other ideas and suggestions
South Gouldsboro
- Changes to the public boat launch
- Changes to the breakwater
- Parking
- Other ideas and suggestions
Join Us and More Info
If you live near one of these harbors, use them commercially or recreationally, or just want to stay informed, please join us on May 17 at 1 PM in the Peninsula School cafeteria. We expect that the meeting will last about two hours. We will provide snacks and coffee. For more information, send us an email with your question.
This meeting is being sponsored by Gouldsboro’s Coastal Resilience Committee with assistance from Gouldsboro’s Planning Board. It is supported by a grant from the NOAA, the Maine Coastal Program, and the Maine Municipal Planning Assistance program.
