“The annual sand replenishment at the ocean beach in downtown Montauk is complete, East Hampton Town Supervisor Peter Van Scoyoc told his colleagues on the town board on Tuesday.
“The project called for 17,000 cubic yards of sand to be deposited on the downtown beach at a cost of $767,000, which is shared with Suffolk County. The town and county are responsible for the annual project prior to the summer season, the town having agreed, in the wake of Superstorm Sandy in 2012, to what was seen as an interim step prior to implementation of the federal government’s Fire Island to Montauk Point reformulation project.”
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