The Town of East Hampton plans to construct a sewage treatment plant on Suffolk County parkland in Hither Woods. As active users of South Fork trails, bays and parkland, we oppose this plan.
The septic plan is a Band-Aid to partially fix a problem of overdevelopment. Unfortunately, it encourages the same commercial and residential development that will add to the very problems Montauk is trying to fix. Worse, it raids public resources to do so.
Locating the sewage plant on 14 acres of county parkland sets a terrible precedent. When the town, the county and the state purchased Hither Woods, they committed to taxpayers to protect it forever.
Please set this septic plan aside and develop a long-term plan that protects the natural resources without encroaching on land we have already protected.
Mark Potter
President
Southampton Trails Preservation Society
Bridgehampton
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