The Riverhead Town Board looked at three options for dealing with space shortages at the police and justice court building at Thursday’s Town Board work session, all based on plans previously submitted over the past 10 years or so. READ
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For years, Southold and Riverhead towns have both been trying to upgrade their antiquated justice court facilities, which present similar safety and space problems.
But could the towns create a shared justice court space? READ
Riverhead Town Justices Allen Smith and Lori Hulse are urging the Town Board to resurrect a plan to convert the Route 58 armory building into a police and justice court headquarters, a plan board members had all but abandoned in light of the project’s cost.
A majority of Riverhead Town Board members now support selling the Route 58 armory, which was once envisioned as a possible police and justice court headquarters. But first, they’ll need to persuade the state to remove a covenant restricting its use to police and courts.
(Credit: Tim Gannon)
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An artist rendering of the proposed relocation of police and justice court headquarters to the former Armory on Route 58. (Credit: Tim Gannon)
While two Riverhead Town Board members support a plan to convert the former Armory on Route 58 into a police and justice court headquarters, three members are seeking alternative options.
The Riverhead Town Board discussed at Thursday’s work session the feasibility of converting the former Armory located on Route 58 into a police and justice court headquarters. The cost of that conversion had been reported to be $11.3 million and the project, so far, hasn’t gained support from the majority of the Town Board.
On Thursday, the board learned that the renovation would cost $13 million if they decide to move forward. The board decided to move forward with studies of other alternatives.
Clockwise from top-left: Town hall, the armory building, police station/justice court, Second Street firehouse (Credit: Barbaraellen Koch)
If Riverhead Town Board members don’t agree on much, they at least agrees on this: The town needs a new location for its justice court.
But how to construct it, or where to put it, or how much the town should spend on it have remained topics of constant conversation at Town Hall in recent few months — with little, if any, common ground being established.