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Recap: Hearing on EPCAL environmental study

TIM GANNON PHOTO | Members of the public packed Town Hall Tuesday night.
TIM GANNON PHOTO | Members of the public packed Town Hall Tuesday night.

The Riverhead Town Board Tuesday night listened to suggestions on how best to plan and accurately assess the environmental impacts of the town’s proposed 50-lot subdivision and re-use plan for the former Grumman site now called the Enterprise Park at Calverton.

The EPCAL scoping hearing’s purpose was to seek input on potential issues should be examined in the upcoming environmental study of the town’s plans for town-owned land that has sat undeveloped at the site.

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The hearing happened during the board’s regularly scheduled meeting and kicked off at 7:30 p.m. to a packed audience in the Town Board meeting room, though most of the audience members were union workers.

News-Review reporter Tim Gannon reported live from the meeting.

Click the blog box below to see what transpired.

CLICK HERE FOR MEETING AGENDA