The Town of Southampton has approximately 537 unimproved and or private roads that citizens live on that receive no town road services. As the population has grown many year round working families as well as weekenders call private roads home. Unimproved roads flood and are not plowed during snow storms which creates a safety hazard.
The Town used to have a “private roads” program whereby the town was improving unimproved roads and bringing them into the highway system, at no cost to the property owners. The funding came from excess highway department funds which are now non-existent. John and his group are working to elevate the issue to the Town Board, Supervisor, Highway Department, State and Federal Representatives to restart the private roads program, develop funding sources and begin the assimilation of unimproved and or “private” roads into the highway system.
At our November meeting, Mr. Watson made a well researched and detailed presentation about unimproved roads in Southampton Town. This issue turned out to be one of great interest to our membership as it was another very well attended meeting. After his presentation Mr. Watson entertained questions from the audience concerning all matters of concern regarding the roads discussed. A large number of these roads are located in Hampton Bays and they raise many concerns including maintenance, snow removal and other issues.
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