Water quality impacts will be studied in review of Strong’s Yacht Center proposal A view of the Strong’s Yacht Center in 2018. (Credit: Randee Daddona)
As part of an environmental review required under state law, the owners of Strong’s Marine were tasked with studying water quality, traffic and other environmental impacts a planned expansion could have on the community.
But in a recent letter to the Planning Board, the applicants and their consultants argued that requests made in the document are “in many instances not germane” to the actual project, which call for two new boat storage buildings at Strong’s Yacht Center one at 52,500 square feet and the other at 49,000 square feet on the Mattituck property zoned Marine II and R80. There are already 69,245 square feet of boatyard buildings on the property.
An environmental review of a controversial boatyard expansion in Mattituck may soon get underway.
At a meeting Monday, the Southold Town Planning Board approved the final scope, a document required as part of the State Environmental Quality Review Act that spells out what aspects of the project must be further studied before it’s approved or denied.
The board voted 4-0 to accept the final scope, with chairman Donald Wilcenski recused.
“This is a major project,” Planning Board vice chair James Rich said during Monday’s meeting, adding that he thought the final document, which is nearly 30 pages long, is “very complete.”
Opposition to yacht center project in Mattituck grows A view of the Strong’s Yacht Center in 2018. (Credit: Randee Daddona)
Neighbors once again took to a virtual hearing to express their concerns about a proposal for two boat storage buildings at Strong’s Yacht Center by the Old Mill in Mattituck. Among the detractors is a local environmental group.
Louise Harrison, New York Natural Areas Coordinator for Save the Sound, highlighted the organization’s top concerns during Monday’s hearing, urging the Planning Board to consider scale, forest and soil removal, potential for slope failure and impacts to the nearby Mill Road town preserve.