Linekin Bay Resort has been a fixture on the Wall Point peninsula of Boothbay Harbor for over 60 years and has served generations of vacationers. Overlooking Linekin Bay, the resort provides all the scenic charm of a coastal Maine vacation with boating, tennis, and swimming facilities, waterfront restaurant, lodge, and rustic cabins tucked in the woods.

Owned by the Branch family since 1909, this Wall Point site first served as a family vacation spot, then a girls summer camp from 1919-1944, and since 1946, in its present form as an all-inclusive resort. The Linekin Bay Resort is now planning to upgrade its existing resort facilities and to construct 34 year-round homes on this roughly 19 acre parcel of land.

For neighbors living on Wall Point Road and Barrows Road, the creation of a dense subdivision at "the end of the road" has been the largest cause for concern. Both roads are narrow; located at the end of the peninsula; they see relatively little traffic now. Traffic analyses provided by the applicant anticipate only a small increase in traffic, but with 34 new year-round houses planned, that projection seems implausible to neighbors. Barrows Road, in particular, is presently a dead end road. It currently sees no resort traffic, but would serve as an outlet for the resort and subdivision after project completion. Residents of the area have expressed concern about increased traffic, the effects on the neighborhood of the clustered housing development, as well as concerns for increased runoff from site clearing and construction.

The Boothbay Harbor Planning Board held a workshop on May 28 to discuss the project, and is mandated to reach a final decision within five days of its regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday, June 11. At their May 28 meeting, planning board chairman William Hamblen outlined the outstanding issues that require resolution, including meeting lot size requirements, reducing non-vegetated areas, and locating buildings beyond 75 feet from the shoreline. Hamblen also summarized the comments received on the project from professional reviewers and residents, many of these focusing on traffic, parking, roadways, runoff, and staff housing.

In a May 14, 2008 letter to the board of selectmen, the planning board asked for the selectmen's endorsement of permit conditions that would require both Linekin Bay Resort and Mount Dora Highlands developers to cover the costs of improving the intersection of Park Street, Union Street and Atlantic Avenue. Problems at this intersection are expected to be worsened by the increased traffic from both developments. During their June 9 meeting, the selectmen voted to authorize the planning board to pursue this off-site mitigation of traffic impacts with both Linekin Bay Resort and Mt. Dora developers. Costs associated with intersection improvements and how they would be divided between the two developers have not been defined as yet.