These areas are mowed regularly, which prevents the growth of brush. Trimming branches off trees that are 100 to 200 feet from the highway seems wasteful. In addition, removing trees/limbs allows weaker trees to be exposed to higher wind gusts. These weaker trees then blow down and need to be removed.

For roads that are rated priority 2 or lower eliminate winter road maintenance from the overnight hours of 10PM to 3AM as well as do away with “black road policy” cutting overtime fuel and all the cost associated with maintaining roads with light overnight traffic.

we need buses for the larger cities in Maine because this will create more jobs as well as add extra money for the state of Maine and we should also have parking meters for theses cities as well as this will create still more money for the state.

. . with new technology why should customers(public should have to call in the BMV to pay for reinstatment fees when there could be a system like all other state BMV systems to pay there reinstatment fee's online. this could reduce work force to some of the managers/managements. Examiners only work 6 months a year so failing student drivers keeps them employed.

By only issuing a single license plate (to be mounted on the rear of a vehicle) the cost of manufacturing plates and stickers could be cut in half. The cost savings could be shared - with a slight reduction in the cost of registering a vehicle for all citizens and some revenue freed up for other purposes. Many other states already do this.

There need to some kind of help for low income an peolpe on disabilty to get cars to not just for people who have jobs only

Two step process: 1) If I already have a registered vehicle in Maine I should always be able to re-register it online no matter where or if I change addresses. (this would eliminate local staffing over time and save the tax payer. 2) create a fixed registration fee for all automobiles, boats, ATV's etc... (could change a little due to tonnage or size- not age) this would help create a known revenue, rather than an estimated and varying one that we have now (as vehicles age revenue goes down).

Check out Topsham and elsewhere. As the student population has dwindled, the examiners have created a way to double or triple the number of young people who come in for their licenses. It is simple: Fail them once, twice, or thrice. This keeps the examiners in business. We could certainly get by with far less, for less money. If you look into this, you will discover that the failure rate has sky-rocketed in recent years, corresponding with the drop in student enrollment. Corruption is corruption.

I believe seatbelts should be a choice if over the age of 18. I wear it, but I understand why some do not. In some instances seatbelts have been known to not be safe.

hire Sodexho or someone else to run the food progarms, give them a budget, they will stick to it, Some consultant work in stonington schools found shocking amount of wasted funding.

With the vast array of technology options available, many companies could utilize outsourced virtual contractors to meet general opperating and administrative needs. This would save commuter time and expenses, increase efficiency, reduce fuel consumption, and encourage job creation in rural areas

Solicit bids for the operation of the closed rest areas in Pittsfield. Snack Bars might appeal to many who want to avoid fast food outlets

Get rid of Daylight savings, "spring forward" , "fall backward' etc. Adopt Atlantic time, and keep it there. The clock changing every fall and spring is extremely annoying and stupid. No one likes it, yet we all put up with it. Why? Be done with it. Eliminate it now.

End the loophole regarding loud pipes on pick up trucks and motorcycles. Its a double standard. EVERYONE should have to follow EPA noise pollution laws. No exceptions.