The state is accelerating plans to find a private developer to build a multimillion-dollar cold storage warehouse on Portland’s waterfront, a move seen as critical to support Maine’s growing food production industry.
The Maine Department of Transportation is close to hiring a national expert in cold storage design to help the state find an investor to develop the facility on a site adjacent to the city’s container terminal on Commercial Street, said Robert Elder, director of the Office of Freight Transportation and Business Services.
Momentum for the plan got a boost at last week’s international seafood show in Boston, where Gov. Paul LePage and other state officials heard from wholesalers, processors and potential investors who want to see the facility built, Elder said. State officials will meet on Monday to discuss the project and develop a work plan.
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