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North Hempstead Will Use $9M For Infrastructure Projects: Roads, Parks

The money will go toward renovating sidewalks, a 100-year-old road, a park, a little league field, and adding homes and businesses to sewer.

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Sunset Park in Port Washington, along with other North Hempstead locations will receive improvements funded by federal infrastructure money, the town announced.
Sunset Park in Port Washington, along with other North Hempstead locations will receive improvements funded by federal infrastructure money, the town announced. (Daniel Hampton/Patch)

NORTH HEMPSTEAD, NY — Town of North Hempstead Supervisor Jennifer DeSena announced on Wednesday that the town will allocate $9 million dollars of federal money to new infrastructure improvements.

At a news conference on Westbury Ave. in Carle Place, DeSena, Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman and other county officials outlined the projects:

  • Renovating Sunset Park in Port Washington
  • Adding businesses on Plandome Road to the public sewer system in Manhasset
  • Restoring sidewalks on Westbury Avenue
  • Completing construction at Fuschillo Park in Carle Place
  • Rehabilitating a little league field in Carle Place

The town received $10 million in federal stimulus money in 2021, but only $1 million has been used so far, DeSena's office said.

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Nassau County will be repaving Westbury Avenue in conjunction with the town's efforts to upgrade the street's sidewalks.

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