1.  "A HISTORY OF MAINE ROADS 1600 -1970" published online by permission of the Maine Department of Transportation; Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruling on undeveloped parcels

Maine Roads History.pdf

Oak Hill Road Wars, video;  Betsy Connor Bowen, Writer and Producer.  This film documents the Manters' thirty-year struggle with municipal and state government over the concept of "public easement", a road the public is free to use but does not have to maintain. 

2.  MAINE PRIVATE WAYS STATUTE, TITLE 23, §§3101-3106

Primary (read carefully):

TITLE 23, §3101, CALL OF MEETINGS; MAINTENANCE; REPAIRS

TITLE 23, §3102, DUTIES; NEGLECT TO PAY

TITLE 23, §3103, CONTRACTS FOR REPAIR

TITLE 23, §3104, PENALTIES AND PROCESS

Secondary:

TITLE 23, §3105-A, TOWN EQUIPMENT

TITLE 23, §3106, MUNICIPAL ASSISTANCE

2A. NEW:  Attachments for LD 461 as amended March 13, 2023 by MARA

How to Submit Testimony.pdf

Maine 131 - SP 215 - LD 461.pdf

LD 461.MARA Amndmnts.3.13.23.pdf

Addendum 2.LD 461.jpeg

3.  FORMING AND RUNNING ROAD ASSOCIATIONS

FORMING AND RUNNING ROAD ASSOCIATIONS UNDER MAINE STATUTE, A Leadership Manual by Betsy Connor Bowen.MARA.10.19.21.pdf

Guide to Forming Road Associations.DEP.2020.pdf

STATUTORY ROAD ASSN - "Warrant for First Meeting" by Roberta Manter.pdf

DEFINING A "PARCEL OF LAND" in the MAINE PRIVATE WAYS STATUTE, §3101 (4) Voting, is crucial for each private road association because it determines the number of votes per owner and may determine each owner’s share of the annual assessment. Attorney Cliff Goodhall, now retired, called a parcel of land "the operative ownership piece for this statute" at the MARA Road Association Conference 2014 (See # 7 below). We have transcribed a portion of Cliff's presentation on this subject and have asked Attorney Mary Denison for her opinion of Cliff's conclusions.

QUESTION FOR ATTORNEY DENISON.Definition of PARCEL OF LAND.05.16.22.pdf

Collections Worksheet.docx (Contains links to Date and Simple Interest calculators) 

Date Calculator

Simple Interest Calculator

6.  USEFUL LINKS:

ONLINE RESOURCES:

Useful Websites.Manter.pdf

DEP DOCUMENTS AND GUIDANCE:

https://www.maine.gov/dep/land/watershed/roadassociation.html

Maine ROADWays Website (Residents & Owners on Abandoned & Discontinued Ways):   

` http://maineroadways.blogspot.com/

THE TOWN OF WINDHAM has more than 60 % of property owners living on private ways or private roads for which the town has provided winter maintenance (plowing and sanding) for over 20 years. This agreement has ended. Windham is currently working on a process to continue plowing "private ways" with public easement, to include having owners on private roads form statutory road associations. Here are 2 links to Windham's process:

https://www.windhammaine.us/758/Private-Ways-with-Winter-Maintenance  

  https://www.windhammaine.us/DocumentCenter/View/7803/Resource-Binder-Materials

DEP Road Maintenance for Belgrade 2015.pdf

Josh Platt Gravel Road Design MES.pdf

Conference 2020:

a.  Mary Denison: "I am  providing a full version of the law and templates for start-up and collection activities." Private Ways Act.pdf ; Application to Notary Public.pdf ; Warrant 1st Meeting.pdf ; Proxy Voting Form.pdf ; Sample Bylaws for Statutory Road Association.pdf ; Sample 30-day Claim Notice.pdf ; Notice of Claim for Non Payment.pdf ; Notice of Non Payment and Extension.pdf ; Registry Notice of Statutory Road Association2.pdf .

b.  John Maclaine: https://www.maine.gov/dep/land/watershed/camp/road/gravel_road_manual.pdf  

c.  Roberta Manter: "Based on your responses at the Conference, I have expanded my outline to make it a reference for the topic."  Encouraging Member Participation.Expanded Notes.pdf