The Woolwich Select Board was briefed on a proposal by Central Maine Power to deliver hydropower and wind-generated energy from Quebec to Massachusetts. John Carroll, CMP spokesman, provided an  overview of the “New England Clean Energy Connect” Monday night.

Carroll said if CMP wins the multi-million dollar project from the state of Massachusetts, it would diversify New England’s energy resources providing clean renewable sources of electricity. CMP submitted a proposal to construct 145 miles of high-voltage transmission grid using mostly existing utility corridors within Maine. The project includes construction of a new converter station in Lewiston. It would take about five years for the new grid to become fully operational.

CMP submitted two proposals, continued Carroll. Both include upgrading part of the transmission grid from a substation in Coopers Mills to the Maine Yankee property in Wiscasset. A section of the grid passes through Woolwich on Old Stage Road. “There would be about a mile of new construction in Woolwich where the transmission grid turns and parallels Montsweag Brook,” he said.

Carroll said CMP was asking for support Woolwich, Wiscasset, Alna and other communities on the corridor. If CMP wins the contract, Woolwich would be among the towns that would share in the tax benefits of the new grid estimated at $18 million annually. Carroll told the select board Massachusetts’ regulators would make their decision in 2018. “We think we have a good chance at winning the contract.”

Carroll asked selectmen to consider supporting the proposal with a letter. CMP officials made similar presentations to select boards in Alna and Wiscasset with town officials in both voicing support for the project.

Chair David King Sr. noted CMP was one of the town’s largest taxpayers.

Jim Gabor said he appreciated the select and planning boards’ listening to his and his neighbor’s concerns over ambient noise from Reed & Reed Construction. The town has no noise ordinance and Gabor said the planning board expressed little interest in proposing one when he met with them.

“If you can’t convince the planning board to take up your cause, you could draft an ordinance on your own and circulate a petition to have it considered at the annual town meeting,” King said. Gabor asked if the select board would support a proposed noise ordinance. The board preferred the decision be left to voters.

Selectmen agreed to sell the town’s 1986 tanker fire truck stored at the North Station to the town of Waldo for $8,000. The decision was contingent upon Waldo officials providing the town with a letter stating they intended to use it as a fire truck.

The board voted 4-1, Selectman Dale Chadbourne dissenting, to invite Maine Department of Transportation officials to a meeting to discuss concerns about the Route 1 merge lane south of the Sagadahoc Bridge. The town office had gotten many complaints from residents about the new traffic pattern. Chadbourne doubted the meeting would result in the state making any meaningful changes.

Selectman Jason Shaw felt better signage might improve the traffic merge.

Monday’s meeting began with King asking for a moment of silence for victims of the Las Vegas attack.

The fire department’s annual open house is Oct. 19 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the fire house. The new fire truck is due to arrive the end of the month.