Responding to months of vocal opposition from area residents, the town council of Scarborough, Maine, voted Wednesday to withdraw its support from the Gorham Connector project proposed by the Maine Turnpike Authority (MTA), WGME reports. The proposed five-mile, four-lane tolled highway is intended to relieve congestion in Scarborough, and the town is one of four municipalities that originally supported the MTA project. “While the MTA says this vote won’t stop the project, the agency is taking a step back, re-evaluating the route and working with [Maine DOT] to evaluate non-highway solutions. But the agency warns residents that other options might mean turning country roads into multi-lane thruways.” For its part, the town council formally pledged to work with MTA on alternative solutions for traffic congestion in the area, which it acknowledged is a problem. (TRN inserted a link in quoted text.)