Politics & Government

Flood Mitigation, Apartment Projects Moving Forward

Crews to begin repaving Bruce Terrace area in Mineola.

First Jericho Turnpike, now Liberty Avenue, then Bruce Terrace. The street which for many Mineola residents was constantly under water will be getting a facelift to go with its new drainage system as construction crews began milling and paving operations on Liberty Avenue on June 7 and will then move to Bruce Terrace according to Mineola Village officials.

Speaking at a meeting of the Mineola Village Board on June 5 at the village hall, superintendent of public works Tom Rini reported that both streets will be repaved by village contractors by June 12 who will then move onto Dow Avenue.

Also related to the flood mitigation project, on June 7 representatives from village engineering firm of Dvirka & Bartilucci met with county personnel and the contractor regarding the Sheridan Boulevard bypass in a pre-construction meeting.

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“I know that they’ve already started ordering their materials off their approved list,” Rini said, anticipating work on the county’s third of the project to begin within a week to 10 days.

Once the paving work is completed, the village contractor will then work on the village recharge basin building walls. The drop manhole and piping from village’s portion of the project has all been installed waiting for county to connect it’s portion.

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“Once that is installed, all the components will be working,” Rini said.

Building department superintendent Dan Whalen reported that he had a meeting with Winthrop University-Hospital personnel on June 7 regarding placement of construction cranes that will help to build the new diabetes research center on the corner of Second Street and Mineola Boulevard. The placement of the cranes would necessitate street closures, but all work is scheduled to be done on Saturdays and weekend.

“I think their intent is to try to get this together as probably an eight, 10, 12-hour operation to get this all together,” he said, adding that the crane would be on the street at certain times over the next 18 months because of “reach and balance issues.”

Plans for the Winston and Churchill apartment complexes had submitted paperwork to the village June 17 as to abatement of the buildings currently on the property.

“These projects will run parallel to one another,” Whalen said, noting that he also received a set of plans for the construction on the Keyspan site, which were rejected due to issues with materials, load calculations, standards and building codes.

The village approved the removal of 63 parking meters with Mill Creek in conjunction of the construction of both the Winston and Churchill. Mill Creek will pay the village a total of $5 per day, six days per week for each meter on a monthly basis in advance, which will be $8,190 or $98,280 per year. The meters will be reinstalled after construction is completed.

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