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Conveyance project set to begin Control Plant, where treated effluent, or sewage, will be released into the ocean to rid With the Bay Park Convey- the bays of excess nitrogen. ance Project set to begin, its “We’re going to see a rapid design-build team, Western Bay ecological recovery once that Constructors, hosted a ques- spigot of nitrogen stops,” said tion-and-answer Elisa Picca, the session with the county DPW’s community on chief deputy direcZoom on April 6 to tor. The effluent address concerns will be transported and questions resithrough the pipedents might have. line over seven The $439 milmiles away to an lion conveyance ocean outfall, project aims to where it will improve water quickly disperse. quality and storm Some residents resiliency on the noted their conSouth Shore and to cerns about potenr e v i t a l i z e t h e ElISA PICCA tial road damage Western Bays and Chief deputy director, and traffic from Reynolds Channel. Nassau County DPW the work on SunThe plan is a partrise Highway over nership between the three years the the state’s Department of Envi- project is anticipated to take as ronmental Conservation and crews work on the aqueduct the Nassau County Department beneath the highway. of Public Works. Gov. Andrew “Damage that the project Cuomo approved it on March 4. makes to the roadways while The project will see 57,024 constructing work pits — those linear feet of pipeline added are things that need be repaired under Sunrise Highway, from as part of the project, and we Rockville Centre to Wantagh, to will certainly do so,” Project connect the Bay Park Water Director Andy Fera said. Reclamation Facility to the Cedar Creek Water Pollution Continued on page 11
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A Homecoming hoot The Lynbrook Owls took on the Division Avenue Blue Dragons in Lynbrook High School’s Homecoming game last Saturday after a festive car parade. Story, more photos, Page 3.
Residents offer mixed reactions to proposed apartment complex By mIkE SmollINS msmollins@liherald.com
Lynbrook residents recently offered differing views on a 210unit apartment complex that has been proposed for the site of the vacant Mangrove Feather factory, with a number favoring it, while others expressed concern over its size and the potential traffic that it might cause. David Orwasher, chief development officer for the Garden
City-based Breslin Realty, is seeking to build the complex after years of negotiations with the village and property owner Barry Singer. He hosted two meet-and-greets with the community — one of which was also held virtually — on April 1 and 6. Before the meetings, Mayor Alan Beach said the board was keeping an open mind about the project, and would schedule a public hearing at a later date, which had not been set at press
time. “We’re very excited, and the board is open to all interesting projects that come to our village,” Beach said earlier this month. “We look forward to the public hearing.” Though the former factory has long been a blight on the village, many residents said they were concerned about the traffic that an influx of new residents might create, among other Continued on page 7
e are going to see a rapid ecological recovery once that spigot of nitrogen stops.