With more cruise ships on the way, Bucksport to spend $4M to upgrade town dock

With more cruise ships on the way, Bucksport to spend $4M to upgrade town dock

Bucksport’s public dock is on track for a $4.1 million overhaul next year to make it usable year-round and more accessible for increasing numbers of boaters and cruise ships. Once a small dock for fishermen, the town started the process of overhauling it into a 315-foot seasonal float system in the early 2010s as concern grew over mercury contamination from the HoltraChem plant upstream. The state permanently closed the Penobscot River estuary t…