Riverhead Highway Department

Pier Avenue is closed to traffic to all but local residents today for drainage repair work being done on the north end of the road. 

Hulse Landing Road between Rt. 25A and Sound Avenue will be closed to traffic today between 9 a.m. and about 3 p.m., Riverhead Highway Superintendent George Woodson said this morning.

Vehicles became stranded this evening at the bottom of Baiting Hollow Hill on Sound Avenue, said Riverhead Highway Superintendent George Woodson, who urged motorists to slow down and use extra caution on local roads tonight. The National Weather Service has issued a high wind warning tonight and a coastal flood advisory.

“We’ll get started in the morning and it should only take a few hours total,” Riverhead Highway Superintendent Gio Woodson said.

A cured-in-place fiberglass pipe-lining technology developed in Germany was used to repair a pipe on Fanning Street last week. Highway Superintendent George Woodson is hopeful the method will be of great value in making trench-less repairs to aged drainage pipes downtown.

The 6,600-square-foot, heated building has the capacity to store 26 highway department trucks and will allow highway crews to operate more efficiently and more quickly during storms, Highway Superintendent George Woodson said.

Riverhead Town Highway Department finished construction on the new sidewalks this week, located on the north side of Main Road in the heart of Jamesport's business district.

Riverhead Town highway crews will be paving Sound Avenue this morning between Twomey and Osborn avenues in Riverhead.

Ostrander Avenue will be closed to traffic through early afternoon due to drainage work. Crews will also be working on South Jamesport Avenue, where they are installing new curbing.

Riverhead highway crews will be paving Howell and Fishel avenues tomorrow and Elton Avenue on Monday, weather permitting, Riverhead Highway Superintendent George Woodson said in a press release yesterday.