Riverside revitalization

The $5 million appropriation is targeted for construction of the sewage treatment plant, which will cost an estimated $20 million to build. Covering the cost of construction with grants is crucial, Southampton Supervisor Jay Schneiderman said.

Worried about the impacts of a proposed 7-Eleven gas gas station and convenience store on the Riverside Revitalization Action Plan, residents ask the Town of Southampton for a one-year moratorium on new gas stations and related uses in the Riverside hamlet center.

A proposal to build a new gas station and convenience store on the Riverside roundabout met with skepticism from Southampton Planning Board members last week and faces stiff opposition from the Flanders, Riverside and Northampton Community Association.

The owners of the Peconic Paddler site on Peconic Avenue, who plan to eventually build a 100-room hotel there, pitched a two-phase plan to the Riverhead Town Board today, hoping to gain its blessing for a limited sewer district hookup.

Local residents came together to give input on the design of concept plans for the 14-acre Suffolk county-owned park along the Peconic River in Riverside.

The long-vacant derelict building — once the site of a busy diner and before that, a Howard Johnson's restaurant — is being demolished today to make way for offices and future apartments.

A 100-room boutique hotel planned for Peconic Avenue on the former Peconic Paddler site needs a temporary sewer hookup from Riverhead until Southampton's planned sewage treatment plant comes online in approximately June 2020.

Contractors will begin working on drainage installation in the vicinity of Woodhull Avenue and eastbound County Road 94/Nugent Drive, according to the resident engineer on the project.

County and town officials were joined by civic leaders and community members for a ceremonial groundbreaking at the traffic circle Tuesday morning.

Workers have begun relocating utility lines in the Riverside traffic circle, where groundbreaking on the $4 million reconstruction project will take place at the end of this month, according to County Legislator Bridget Fleming.