Rye Neck—A resolution awarding the Beach Avenue & Pine Street Drainage Improvement Project was approved by the Board of Trustees Monday night with a 3-2 vote.
The Beach Avenue and Pine Street Municipal Drainage Improvements Project, initiated in September, involves installing a storm pipe under Pine Street to solve a longstanding problem with poor stormwater drainage.
Neighbors have long worried that the project would endanger a centuries-old oak tree, known locally as the Tompkins Farm Oak — named for its location on the former farm of Noah Tompkins, one of the earliest settlers of Rye Neck — which stands at the edge of the roadway.
Many of them are unhappy with the vote, and feel not enough safeguards are in place to ensure the red oak’s protection.
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