MBG PROFILE: Infrastructure

DEPENDABLE, LOW-COST POWER

Perhaps the factor that most differentiates Madison Business Gateway from other business and industrial parks in Maine is the availability of extremely low-cost, dependable electricity. Madison Electric Works (MEW) is a town-owned utility located right at Madison Business Gateway. Because their rates are dramatically lower than those charged by Central Maine Power, one of the area’s largest providers, businesses can save thousands of dollars a month in operating costs.

MEW has one flat rate that doesn’t change and no hidden charges; other suppliers have confusing rates that fluctuate depending on many factors such as season, and whether the electricity is being used off or on peak times.

On average, savings with MEW would be about 30 percent for industrial users, and any company using 5,000 kilowatts per month or more would save on electricity with MEW.

Learn more about Madison Electric Works' low rates.

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

All 13 lots in Madison Business Gateway are ready-to-build and are fully serviced by underground utilities, including water, sewer, electricity – as well as fiber-optic capabilities. This allows tenants the freedom to do business anywhere in the world from Madison through cutting edge voice, data and video services.

Madison also shares Maine’s high bandwidth ATM (asynchronous transfer mode) network, enabling users to simultaneously transfer voice, data, and video at very high speeds, and the state’s telecommunications backbone is 100 percent digitally switched. It has also deployed SONET ring technology providing redundancy and reliability throughout the state, even its most rural areas. Maine’s position as a telecommunications leader enables companies access to the world.

In addition, Madison’s geographical location provides easy access to the state’s high-quality transportation infrastructure.

To further enhance Maine's information infrastructure, the Maine Bureau of Information Services has created a statewide geographic information system (GIS) with map layers including roads, railroads, pipelines, electric transmission lines, bodies of water and wetlands, and geographical contours. View the Geographic Information System website.

TRANSPORTATION

The town provides a location that is advantageous for both its businesses and their employees. Situated in the heart of central Maine, Madison is 20 miles from the state’s major north-south interstate highway, 55 miles to an international airport, approximately 178 miles to Boston and 89 miles from the Canadian border. Québec City is just another 90 miles. Clearly, Madison Business Gateway provides convenient access to major national and international markets.