Emergency Dredging in the Works for Montauk Inlet
Finally. After years of effort, accelerated recently because of dangerous conditions, the inlet at Lake Montauk will undergo emergency dredging, perhaps by the end of the month. At the East Hampton Town Board meeting on Tuesday, Councilman David Lys announced the development during his liaison reports, saying he was “very pleasantly surprised.” “This is the greatest indication that we will have some temporary relief there,” he told the board. The United States Army Corps of Engineers posted a public notice to its website Monday announcing the project that will remove shoals down to a depth of 12 feet below the mean low-water level (plus an allowable two feet over depth), and place 10,500 cubic yards of dredged sand on the beach immediately west of the inlet. more, >>CLICK TO READ<< 06:22
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