The rough road near the Rough Riders Landing housing complex in Montauk has a smooth future ahead of it: Last week the East Hampton Town Board approved the issuance of $285,000 in bonds to pay for improvements to Tuthill and Fort Pond Roads.
The project, which had been championed by Councilman David Lys as it made its way through various state and local permitting and review processes (the latest a State Department of Environmental Conservation permitting sign-off), will consist of installing drainage, paving, and adding shoulder areas to “bring this portion of roadway to town highway specifications,” according to the bond resolution passed by the board at its meeting last Thursday.
Property owners at the beachside Rough Riders complex, which abuts Fort Pond Bay, will be on the hook when it comes to paying back the bond. Those property owners had petitioned the town to make the improvements to the bone-jarring roadway that leads to the complex.
“All costs shall be paid by the properties benefited by the road improvements,” the resolution reads, “with each property owner benefiting equally, and paying an equal share of the cost of the improvements.”
There are about 140 individual housing units at the 30-acre Rough Riders property.
As it passed the bonding resolution, the board also voted last week to retain an East Moriches company, Rosemar Construction, to perform the road improvement work for no more than $236,780
