Montauk Infrastructure Work Abounds as Dredge Oyster Bay Gets To Work

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Dredge Oyster Bay in Lake Montauk Inlet on a rainy Monday morning. JACK MOTZ

Dredge Oyster Bay in Lake Montauk Inlet on a rainy Monday morning. JACK MOTZ

Dredging at Lake Montauk Inlet began late last week. Oyster Bay, the dredge, is pumping sand onto the beach on the west side of the inlet. Heavy machines then push and mold the sand onto the beach to fit a profile that the Army Corps of Engineers crafted. JACK MOTZ

Dredging at Lake Montauk Inlet began late last week. Oyster Bay, the dredge, is pumping sand onto the beach on the west side of the inlet. Heavy machines then push and mold the sand onto the beach to fit a profile that the Army Corps of Engineers crafted. JACK MOTZ

Dredging at Lake Montauk Inlet began late last week. Oyster Bay, the dredge, is pumping sand onto the beach on the west side of the inlet. Heavy machines then push and mold the sand onto the beach to fit a profile that the Army Corps of Engineers crafted. JACK MOTZ

Dredging at Lake Montauk Inlet began late last week. Oyster Bay, the dredge, is pumping sand onto the beach on the west side of the inlet. Heavy machines then push and mold the sand onto the beach to fit a profile that the Army Corps of Engineers crafted. JACK MOTZ

A Gosman's Dock for scale. JACK MOTZ

A Gosman's Dock for scale. JACK MOTZ

Dredge Oyster Bay as seen from the west side of the channel. The Army Corps of Engineers asked that the municipal parking lot be blocked off. JACK MOTZ

Dredge Oyster Bay as seen from the west side of the channel. The Army Corps of Engineers asked that the municipal parking lot be blocked off. JACK MOTZ

Dredging at Lake Montauk Inlet began late last week. Oyster Bay, the dredge, is pumping sand onto the beach on the west side of the inlet. Heavy machines then push and mold the sand onto the beach to fit a profile that the Army Corps of Engineers crafted. JACK MOTZ

Dredging at Lake Montauk Inlet began late last week. Oyster Bay, the dredge, is pumping sand onto the beach on the west side of the inlet. Heavy machines then push and mold the sand onto the beach to fit a profile that the Army Corps of Engineers crafted. JACK MOTZ

The Lake Montauk Inlet dredging isn't the only work going on down at the commercial docks in Montauk. East Hampton Town is repairing the town-owned fishing docks as part of a $2 million project. This has been ongoing for about a month. JACK MOTZ

The Lake Montauk Inlet dredging isn't the only work going on down at the commercial docks in Montauk. East Hampton Town is repairing the town-owned fishing docks as part of a $2 million project. This has been ongoing for about a month. JACK MOTZ

authorJack Motz on Nov 11, 2025
For the past week or so, yellow heavy machinery has dotted the west shoreline of Lake Montauk as several infrastructure projects get underway at once. The smaller, more under-the-radar project... more

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