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Farmingdale DPW updates: Yoakum Park completion, Altice/LIRR tunnel plan and spring maintenance
Summary
DPW reported Yoakum St. Park completion with berm work pending, five maple trees to be added at 5 Corners Park in spring 2025, a National Grid $9,200 grant in process, and an Altice/LIRR plan to tunnel under the tracks for North Main Street with Altice to submit plans to LIRR.
DPW and Highway staff briefed trustees on multiple operational items. Yoakum Street Park is completed with berm work to finish in spring 2025; crews continue routine Main Street maintenance, park trash pickup, pothole repairs and sweeper deployment when temperatures allow. Five maple trees will be planted at 5 Corners Park in spring 2025 and one maple will be removed.
The board discussed an Altice/LIRR plan for North Main Street that would tunnel under the tracks to accommodate Altice; the minutes record that Altice is to submit plans to the LIRR. Staff also noted a National Grid $9,200 grant is in process. Crews refurbished a pot-belly stove to be installed in the Farmingdale Train Station, and standard winter work such as salting and equipment maintenance continues.
