Plan calls for new steps to reduce Upper Machias Bay flooding

Plan calls for new steps to reduce Upper Machias Bay flooding

Photo by Alex MacLean. MACHIAS — Sixteen months after it first met, the Upper Machias Bay Master Plan Leadership Committee formally presented its final recommendations this month, calling for an in‑kind replacement of the aging Machias Dike Bridge and outlining steps to address flooding, water quality, natural resources and emergency management. At the start of the public meeting, Ben Edwards, a committee member and vice chair of the Machias Sel…