Riverhead Town has a history of being dysfunctional. People build without permits yet get forgiven as they are given the permit for what’s already built. They spent many years in a deal with Calverton Aviation and Technology against the wishes of the people to build at EPCAL (former Grumman Land) and then dropped the deal when they saw that what they planned to build was not what they applied for. We are overwhelmed by the threat of large logistics warehouses wanting to build amid residential homes and on roads that can barely handle current traffic. We are still waiting for a new comprehensive plan to be finalized detailing the future of Riverhead and now the Town Board wants to destroy the last remaining rural corridor full of farms and vineyards — the very reason we live here. Besides its beauty, it is what attracts the many seasonal tourists. They want to change zoning to allow the development of huge resort hotels on the Sound — not only destroying the rural nature of Sound Avenue but forever damaging the beauty and safety along the Long Island Sound.
Riverhead Town can’t seem to understand that its residents want to remain a rural community and have no desire to become a suburb or a city.
Paul Spina Jr
Calverton
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