APPROVED CHAPTER
JULY 8, 2021 105
BY GOVERNOR RESOLVES
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE
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S.P. 116 - L.D. 267
Resolve, Directing the Department of Transportation To Erect and Maintain
Markers To Commemorate and Recognize the Lafayette Trail
Sec. 1. Lafayette Trail designated. Resolved: That, subject to section 2, the
Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain suitable signs and other markers at
or near each portion of the route followed by General Lafayette while he was in Maine in
1824 and 1825. The 1824 tour and the 1825 tour must have distinct signs and markers.
The signs and markers must bear the Lafayette Trail logo provided to the department by
The Lafayette Trail, Inc.
The signs and markers must be erected at or near the following locations, where
appropriate, as determined by the department:
1. 1824 tour. For the 1824 tour:
A. The portion of U.S. Route 1 Bypass beginning on the Sarah Mildred Long Bridge
in the Town of Kittery at the New Hampshire state line continuing north to the
intersection with Bridge Street; and
B. Continuing on that portion of Bridge Street beginning at the intersection with U.S.
Route 1 Bypass in the Town of Kittery and continuing east as Government Street to
the intersection with Walker Street; and
2. 1825 tour. For the 1825 tour:
A. The portion of Route 4 beginning in the Town of South Berwick at the New
Hampshire state line north to the intersection with Route 9 in the Town of North
Berwick;
B. Continuing on that portion of Route 9 beginning at the intersection with Route 4
and continuing east to the intersection with Route 109 in the Town of Wells;
C. Continuing on that portion of Route 109 beginning at the intersection with Route 9
and continuing east to the intersection with U.S. Route 1, also known as Post Road, in
the Town of Wells;
D. Continuing north on that portion of U.S. Route 1 to the Joseph Storer Mansion at 7
Storer Street in the Town of Kennebunk;
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 E. Continuing north on that portion of U.S. Route 1 from the Joseph Storer Mansion
to the former location of the Springs Tavern at 14 Elm Street in the Town of Biddeford;
F. Continuing north on that portion of U.S. Route 1 from 14 Elm Street in the Town
of Biddeford to the intersection at Storer Street in the Town of Saco;
G. Continuing east on that portion of Storer Street in the Town of Saco to the
intersection at Main Street in the Town of Saco;
H. Continuing on that portion of Main Street in the Town of Saco to the intersection
at Front Street in the Town of Saco to the former location of the Cleaves Hotel located
in Pepperell Square;
I. Continuing north on that portion of Main Street in the Town of Saco to the
intersection of U.S. Route 1 with Payne Road in the Town of Scarborough; and
J. Continuing north on that portion of Payne Road beginning in the Town of
Scarborough and continuing north as Maine Mall Road to the intersection with Western
Avenue in the City of South Portland.
Sec. 2. Funding. Resolved: That the Department of Transportation shall seek
funding contributions from an outside organization to fully fund the costs of erecting the
signs and markers under section 1. If the department does not receive funding for the full
costs of erecting the signs and markers by 90 days after the adjournment of the Second
Regular Session of the 130th Legislature, the department is not authorized to erect the signs
or markers, expenses of any kind may not be incurred or reimbursed for the signs and
markers, and any money the department received for the signs and markers must be
refunded to the organization that provided it.
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