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East Hampton Town Board Has Three Big Hearings Ahead

Thu, 07/25/2024 - 09:31

The East Hampton Town Board has set Aug. 15 as the date for three important public hearings. One deals with adjustments to the town’s lighting code, another with the alienation of parkland at the intersection of Three Mile Harbor and Springs-Fireplace Roads in East Hampton, and the third with increasing the maximum density allowed per acre for senior citizen-only affordable housing developments. 

In a resolution related to the parkland alienation, the board approved a referendum to be placed on the Nov. 5 ballot. Residents can answer “yes” or “no” if they want parkland at the triangle between the two roads to be removed from the town’s nature preserve list and given to Suffolk County so that a traffic circle can be part of the county’s roadway improvement plans along the Three Mile Harbor corridor. At present, a traffic circle is not in the plans. 

By giving the county the nature preserve, the town hopes it will consider a roundabout for the location, the site of 24 automobile accidents in 2023 alone. The New York State Legislature has already voted to remove the parkland designation from the parcel.

The Aug. 15 board meeting will begin at 6 p.m.

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