ROCKLAND — Representatives from the Maine Department of Transportation will convene a meeting at the Department of Health and Human Services offices in Rockland today, June 16, to hear public comment and opinions around local transportation needs.

The Tuesday meeting, from 2 to 4 p.m., is the second-to-last public forum being held statewide by the MDOT. Previously, forums were held in Biddeford, Bath, Lewiston, Mexico, Calais, Portland and Machias. And the last one will be held in Naples on June 18.

The forums regarding general public transit service came about following a recent statewide analysis of transit services compiled as part of the Maine Strategic Transit Plan 2025. That survey indicated there are unmet transit needs in the communities where the forums have been and will be held, according to a press release.

“We seek to solicit ideas in order to better meet the need for general public transportation for low income individuals, the elderly, individuals with disabilities and the general public,” said the MDOT in the release.

The forum will cover a summary of the Transit Needs Analysis, a summery of services and ideas for improving general public transit services.

The ideas generated at the forums are meant to set the foundation for contributing factors that will affect future investment strategies for general public transit services, and public participation is an important part of the process in an effort to meet both state and federal transportation planning and funding requirements for transit services, according to the release.