After a winter season that produced below-average snow totals, the highway departments in both Riverhead and Southold saved money on snow removal costs. But the highway superintendents aren’t celebrating just yet.
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Riverhead Town is holding a Stop Throwing Out Pollutants (STOP) day today, Saturday, May 13, at the town highway department yard. There, residents can dump various household hazardous wastes they aren’t supposed to be putting in the regular garbage.
All roads in Riverhead Town are open this morning following a snowstorm yesterday that brought just over 10 inches of snow to parts of the North Fork yesterday, according to Highway Superintendent George ‘Gio’ Woodson. READ
Sections of Sound Avenue will be closed Monday as Riverhead Town highway crews pave parts of the road, according to Highway Superintendent George “Gio” Woodson.
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A Riverhead highway crew begins patching potholes along Sound Avenue Wednesday morning. The workers said this year is the worst they can remember. (Credit: Paul Squire)
Hopefully, the suspension of your car is ready this spring because 2015 is shaping up to be the worst year for potholes in a long time.
“It’s twice as bad as I’ve ever seen it,” said Riverhead Highway Superintendent George “Gio” Woodson.
The town’s employees are scrambling to fill in potholes — large and small and numbering up to 5,000 — across town that were cratered in a snowy and frigid February, according to Mr. Woodson.
The crews are focusing on main roads first, moving to secondary roads and then finally streets in housing developments. (more…)
Highway crews clear snow near Hulse Landing Road and Route 25A in Wading River Wednesday morning. (Credit: Joe Werkmeister)
Lingering flurries from Tuesday’s blizzard left a dusting of snow on Riverhead roadways Wednesday morning.
But, the dusting of less than an inch of snow didn’t phase the Riverhead Town Highway Department, Superintendent Gio Woodson said. (more…)
Riverhead Highway Superintendent Gio Woodson in February. (Credit: Barbaraellen Koch)
The Riverhead Town Board voted 3-2 this week to allow Highway Superintendent George Woodson to purchase a Chevy Tahoe priced at $35,554 to use as his work vehicle, instead of a Ford Explorer that Supervisor Sean Walter says would cost $9,000 less. (more…)