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Town Will Consider Trucking In Sand For Ditch Plains

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Ditch Plains beach in Montauk was scoured of nearly all of its sand by the Memorial Day weekend storm, leaving town officials to consider trucking in tons of sand to try and restore at least some of the bathing beach before the height of the summer season.

Ditch Plains beach in Montauk was scoured of nearly all of its sand by the Memorial Day weekend storm, leaving town officials to consider trucking in tons of sand to try and restore at least some of the bathing beach before the height of the summer season.

Ditch Plains beach in Montauk was scoured of nearly all of its sand by the Memorial Day weekend storm, leaving town officials to consider trucking in tons of sand to try and restore at least some of the bathing beach before the height of the summer season.

Ditch Plains beach in Montauk was scoured of nearly all of its sand by the Memorial Day weekend storm, leaving town officials to consider trucking in tons of sand to try and restore at least some of the bathing beach before the height of the summer season. David Lys

authorMichael Wright on Jun 9, 2021
The East Hampton Town Board said on Tuesday that it will explore the possibly of trucking in thousands of tons of sand and depositing it on the beach at Ditch... more

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