Nearly 30 years after the first recommendation to create a side road that runs parallel to a stretch of Route 25A in Wading River, the Riverhead Town Board appears ready to squash the idea. Instead, board members are leaning toward allowing future developers along the road just west of McDonald’s to link their parking lots. READ
Should Riverhead Town build a side road that runs parallel to Route 25A just west of McDonald’s in Wading River? Or should it allow future developers to simply link their parking lots instead?
That was a debate that surfaced at Thursday’s Riverhead Town Board work session. READ
It’s been just over three years since the Riverhead Town Board adopted a Wading River Corridor Study aimed at curbing the amount of commercial development along Route 25A in the northwest part of town.