AUGUSTA — Maine voters on Tuesday gave their approval to a $29.7
million bond package to pay for improvements to roads, bridges, dams,
landfills and other public facilities.

It was the final part of a borrowing package worth up to $295 million that
the Legislature voted in 2007 to send to voters in three separate pieces.
The previous two portions were approved.

Supporters said the bonds, if authorized, would leverage another $29.8
million in other funds. But the bonds would also cost an estimated $8.6
million in interest.

With 71 percent of precincts reporting, the bond package had the support of
59 percent of voters, according to unofficial returns. The vote totals were 63,469 (yes) to 44,636 (no).