1972-08-10

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AN OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE VILLAGE OF FAJ
SERVING THE GREATER FARMINGDALE AREA, BETHPAGE, MELVILLE 15*
A MEMBER OF THE O B S E R V E R / T R I B U N E GROUP OF NEWSPAPERS
VOL. 9 NO. 51 Second Class Postage has been paid at Farmingdale. N. Y. 11735 • Published by THE OBSERVER, INC., Box 146, Farmingdale. N. Y. Thursday, AllQUSt 1 0 , 1 9 72
Street Assault
Scenes such as these shown here from other
communities will soon be commonplace in
areas of Farmingdale when sewer con­struction
starts. Residents in areas where
work is in progress consider themselves in­deed
fortunate that there have been no fires
or need for an ambulance along these streets.
In one case a street almost one half mile long
was completely isolated to all traffic, in­cluding
residents, for almost two weeks, since
there were no cross streets. In other in­stances,
cars have been marooned in
driveways when excavation was undertaken
without advance notice to the residents.
Progress Closes in:
Sewer Work Starts
Progress is closing in on Farmingdale: As it
inevitably must come to all communities in Nassau
County's Sewer District No. 3, work will commence
next month to install interceptor sewer lines in Far­mingdale
and South Farmingdale. The County
Department of Public Works announced the award of a
contract for over $ 3 million to Hendrickson Bros., Inc.,
of Valley Stream, for the installation of 19,700 feet of
pipes ranging in diameter from 24 inches to 48 inches.
Hendrickson was the lowest of eight bidders for the job.
According to a County
spokesman, following the in­stallation
of pipes and back­filling,
all damaged pavements,
curbs and sidewalks will be
restored, lawns will be resodded
and any removed trees will be
replaced by new trees. Also,
professional tree trimmers will
be employed to minimize damage
to trees which require cutting
back.
In other areas where similar
work has been undertaken, learns
of photographers took pictures of
the fronts and driveways of all
houses along the excavation
route for the purpose of providing
reference for restoration and to
reduce future claims for damage.
The work, which will get under
way in September and is ex­pected
to take one year to
complete, will involve the
following routes:
Interceptor No. 4: Crestwood
Blvd. from Southern State Park­way
north to 10th Ave.; west
along 10th Ave. to Woodward
Parkway; north on Woodward
Parkway to Sptelman Ave.; west
on Spielman to Kent St.; north on
Kent to Motor Ave.; west on
Motor to Heisser Lane; north on
Heisser to Fulton St.
Interceptor No. 4D: Willard
Ave. from Kent to Merritts Road.
Interceptor No. 4C: Crestwood
Blvd. from 10th Ave. north to
Matthew; east on Matthew to
Oakwood Ave.; north on Oak-wood
to Orchard St.; east on
Orchard St. to Junard Drive;
north on Junard to South Main St.
As has been done for the other
areas covered by the Ob­server
Tribune Newspaper
Group, a street by street listing of
road openings and closings will
be published every week during
the course of the work. In­formation
will also be made
available as to the exact location
and telephone number of the
project field office as soon as it is
established.
Similar operations in
Massapequa, Seaford, Wantagh,
Bellmore and Merrick have
evoked a storm of protests from
outraged residents and
businessmen. While virtually all
are in agreement with the need
for sewers, the main basis for
complaint has been the con­tention
that disruption has been
greater than necessary.
In Wantagh, for instance, it
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A Wild Adventure:
Crossing the Street
The danger to children is ob­vious.
The attraction to children
( the law terms dangerous con­ditions
that would naturally
entice children an " attractive
nuisance") to climb in and out of
such alluring excavations and to
clamber over the giant machines
prompts most mothers to keep
their offspring indoors.
Such precautionary measures
were impossible while school was
in session and school buses often
had to disembark their young
passengers several blocks from
home. One mother remarked:
" By the time the kids got home I
had to wipe them all off in order
to see which one was mine."
Some good came of it all:
In some neighborhoods mothers
cooperated in taking turns in a
bus- meeting patrol to escort the
children safely from the Bus Stop
to the home. In other situations
neighbors shared bathrooms
when, as it sometimes happened,
one side of a street had water and
the other did not.