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also underway to rebuild the apron, renovate the terminal, and build additional hangars, hopefully within the next few years. MORE DEVELOPMENTS UNDERWAY The airport is a major part of the town’s economy, but Wiscasset has several large areas with incredible potential for development or redevelopment. The town Public Works department has a multi- year road plan to improve all town roads. Work on the Old Ferry Road is being done to rebuild a failing tidal crossing that threatened to disrupt commercial activity. The Old Ferry Road connects the rest of Wiscasset to the Town-landing on the Back River, Ferry Road Technology Park, a large tract of town-owned property on the Back River slated for the potential development adjacent to Ferry Road Technology Park and across the street from the former Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company site. The town obtained substantial federal and state grants to pay for this project, which will protect the road from storm surge and sea level rise, while improving the environment and habitat of the upstream salt marsh. The Town is in the planning stages with a large tract of town-owned property on the Back River slated for the potential development adjacent to Ferry Road Technology Park. The property has nearly 300 acres of wooded land on the Back River and adjacent to the Town-landing. The town is planning to conduct a site assessment on the property, and once complete, it will determine what type of development to use. There are a lot of different ideas floating around for this area, so that’s a project that could come to fruition in the next couple of years. Wiscasset is home to Mölnlycke Health Care, a Swedish medical device company. Central Maine Power has a maintenance facility in the Technology Park, with lots available for development.The former Maine Yankee Atomic Power plant was located on Old Ferry Road. It has since decommissioned, and the company currently stores its spent nuclear fuel rods on-site in casks in a highly secure independent storage facility. TRUSTED PRIVATE FLYING SINCE 1995 DISCOVER WORLD CLASS FRACTIONAL OWNERSHIP www.planesense.com U.S. | Canada | Bermuda | The Bahamas | The Caribbean | Central America | Mexico 10 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 5, ISSUE 03 BUSINESS VIEW AGAZINE VOLUME 11, ISSUE 01