Highway Section

Highway operates out of two locations, the Public Works facility located in Hull’s Cove and the “old” bus garage located downtown off lower Ledgelawn Avenue. In the winter, Highway is responsible for plowing roads. In the summer, Highway operates an early morning duty shift to accomplish sidewalk washdown and street sweeping in the downtown area. This Section of Public Works also maintains an on-call schedule throughout the year for after-hours needs.

Highway Section Maintenance Operations

• Snow plowing
• Sidewalk washdown and street sweeping 
• Cold patching potholes 
• Cleaning and repairing the storm drain system 
• Paving roads 
• Repairing sidewalks 
• Downtown trash pick-up 
• Comfort station building repairs 
• Maintaining and repair of benches, fountains, and other park assets 
• Line striping roads, marking parking spaces and no-parking spaces 
• Traffic and informational signs 
• Maintaining ditch lines, driveway culverts, and cross culverts 
• Roadside mowing and tree trimming 
• Clean-up of parks and set-up for ball field events
• Vehicle maintenance for Town-owned vehicles

Contracted Services

• Comfort station cleaning and plumbing repairs 
• Public works facility cleaning 
• Trash pick-up from the parks 
• Lawn mowing and roadside mowing 
• Planting and garden bed maintenance 
• Street tree fertilization 
• Select tree trimming and removal 
• Pest control applications at parks and public works facilities

Additional Services Provided by Bar Harbor Highway

Highway also operates the scrap metal pile and leaf/grass composting at 50 Public Works Way. This Public Works Section is also available for providing general equipment and support to all other Town departments, as needed.

Contact Bar Harbor Highway

If you have any questions, please call 1-207-288-4681 or email hwsec@barharbormaine.gov.

Construction Forms

The construction forms page provides links to permits and online resources for doing work in Bar Harbor.