01/31/2023
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ! ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ'๐ด ๐๐ฆ๐ธ๐ด๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ [๐ฑ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ 19].
North Hempstead officials plan to spend $535,000 for restoration work on the historic Stepping Stones Lighthouse, which is pictured here in August and located off Kings Point in the Long Island Sound. Credit: Jeff Bachner
By Darwin [email protected] Updated January 30, 2023 7:56 pm
North Hempstead's Town Board approved a capital plan last week that calls for about $127 million in spending for the next five years on initiatives that include road and park improvements and the restoration of a historic lighthouse.
Council members agreed on the 97-page plan outlining the town's upcoming projects until 2027 with a vote of 7-0.
โI believe that the town should be seeking to not just maintain, but significantly improve our parks and our town infrastructure,โ Supervisor Jennifer DeSena said in a statement. โThere are a number of projects in this capital plan which have had multiyear life spans, and that is unacceptable. I expect these to reach substantial completion at some point this year.โ
Councilwoman Veronica Lurvey called the plan "a blueprint for major infrastructure work" for the next five years.
Town officials expect to bond for about $97.5 million over five years to cover the anticipated cost of the projects. The remaining balance will be covered by grants and cash on hand โ money left over from previous borrowing.
More than $22 million will be spent on residential and industrial road resurfacing, according to the plan, which says the town will allocate $4.3 million for equipment purchases and improvements to the greens and cart paths at municipal-owned Harbor Links Golf Course in Port Washington.
Town officials will bond nearly $1.8 million in the next two years to finish Phase One improvements at North Hempstead Beach Park, which focus on shoreline rehabilitation and future engineering work for the Port Washington recreation spot.
More than $2.5 million will go toward upgrades of Wi-Fi access points, replacement of desktops and laptops and software purchases for town facilities, according to the plan.
๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐๐ ๐๐ง ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง $๐๐๐,๐๐๐, ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐๐ก ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ก-๐จ๐ง-๐ก๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ญ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ญ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐, ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐๐ก ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ง ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐๐.
๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ก๐๐ฌ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐ ๐ง๐๐ฐ ๐๐ข๐ฑ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐๐ค ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐จ๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ.
๐๐จ๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ค๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐, ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ ๐๐๐๐ค ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐๐ข๐๐ญ๐ฒ. ๐๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐๐.
Under the capital plan, the townโs solid waste management facility in Port Washington will receive various improvements with an estimated bonding requirement of more than $12 million.
Town officials also will seek to buy more electric vehicles, install vehicle charging stations and look to upgrade green infrastructure on town properties at a projected cost of about $330,000, according to the plan.
By Darwin Yanes
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Darwin Yanes is a native Long Islander and Stony Brook University graduate who covers the Town of North Hempstead.
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