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With Deadline Looming, Sagaponack Beach Rebuilding Seeks Temporary Exemption From Plover Restrictions

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Contractors rebuilding the beaches in Sagapoanck and Bridgehampton have asked the Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service for an extension to allow them to work beyond the March 31 deadline after weather delays in February put the project far behind schedule. Only about half of the 6-miles of beach that are to be broadened with more than 1 million tons of sand have been completed. FIRST COASTAL

Contractors rebuilding the beaches in Sagapoanck and Bridgehampton have asked the Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service for an extension to allow them to work beyond the March 31 deadline after weather delays in February put the project far behind schedule. Only about half of the 6-miles of beach that are to be broadened with more than 1 million tons of sand have been completed. FIRST COASTAL

The beach nourishment project in Sagaponack and Bridgehampton is continuing but is only about half way finished and faces a federal deadline of March 31 to complete the work, because of protections for endangered piping plovers. Southampton Town and the contractors have asked the Army Corps of Engineers for an extension beyond the deadline to allow the work to be completed. DOUG KUNTZ

The beach nourishment project in Sagaponack and Bridgehampton is continuing but is only about half way finished and faces a federal deadline of March 31 to complete the work, because of protections for endangered piping plovers. Southampton Town and the contractors have asked the Army Corps of Engineers for an extension beyond the deadline to allow the work to be completed. DOUG KUNTZ

The beach nourishment project in Sagaponack and Bridgehampton is continuing but is only about half way finished and faces a federal deadline of March 31 to complete the work, because of protections for endangered piping plovers. Southampton Town and the contractors have asked the Army Corps of Engineers for an extension beyond the deadline to allow the work to be completed. DOUG KUNTZ

The beach nourishment project in Sagaponack and Bridgehampton is continuing but is only about half way finished and faces a federal deadline of March 31 to complete the work, because of protections for endangered piping plovers. Southampton Town and the contractors have asked the Army Corps of Engineers for an extension beyond the deadline to allow the work to be completed. DOUG KUNTZ

The beach nourishment project in Sagaponack and Bridgehampton is continuing but is only about half way finished and faces a federal deadline of March 31 to complete the work, because of protections for endangered piping plovers. Southampton Town and the contractors have asked the Army Corps of Engineers for an extension beyond the deadline to allow the work to be completed. DOUG KUNTZ

The beach nourishment project in Sagaponack and Bridgehampton is continuing but is only about half way finished and faces a federal deadline of March 31 to complete the work, because of protections for endangered piping plovers. Southampton Town and the contractors have asked the Army Corps of Engineers for an extension beyond the deadline to allow the work to be completed. DOUG KUNTZ

The beach nourishment project in Sagaponack and Bridgehampton is continuing but is only about half way finished and faces a federal deadline of March 31 to complete the work, because of protections for endangered piping plovers. Southampton Town and the contractors have asked the Army Corps of Engineers for an extension beyond the deadline to allow the work to be completed. DOUG KUNTZ

The beach nourishment project in Sagaponack and Bridgehampton is continuing but is only about half way finished and faces a federal deadline of March 31 to complete the work, because of protections for endangered piping plovers. Southampton Town and the contractors have asked the Army Corps of Engineers for an extension beyond the deadline to allow the work to be completed. DOUG KUNTZ

The beach nourishment project in Sagaponack and Bridgehampton is continuing but is only about half way finished and faces a federal deadline of March 31 to complete the work, because of protections for endangered piping plovers. Southampton Town and the contractors have asked the Army Corps of Engineers for an extension beyond the deadline to allow the work to be completed. DOUG KUNTZ

The beach nourishment project in Sagaponack and Bridgehampton is continuing but is only about half way finished and faces a federal deadline of March 31 to complete the work, because of protections for endangered piping plovers. Southampton Town and the contractors have asked the Army Corps of Engineers for an extension beyond the deadline to allow the work to be completed. DOUG KUNTZ

authorMichael Wright on Mar 26, 2025
Southampton Town and the dredging contractor that is bolstering a 6-mile stretch of beach in Bridgehampton and Sagaponack have asked federal officials for an extension of a March 31 deadline... more

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