YARMOUTH — A new 300-spot park-and-ride lot along Interstate 295 in Yarmouth is getting just a handful of cars per day, prompting some people to call it a waste of taxpayer money and an environmental mistake.
The Portland Press Herald (http://bit.ly/19yQAOb) reports that the lot that opened three weeks ago had an average of six cars per weekday morning last week.
The largest of the state’s 52 park-and-ride lots cost $1 million. Environmentalists are angry that three acres of woodland were cleared for it.
But state transportation officials are preaching patience. They say the lot will start to fill as more people learn about it and their commuting habits change.
Meanwhile, there appears to be one group happy with the near-empty lot. The Yarmouth High School roller-skiing team uses it for practice.
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