Southampton Town is considering proposed legislation that would rezone Noyac Road to prohibit commercial vehicles over 10,000 pounds. There is a public hearing scheduled for Tuesday, April 24th at 6 p.m at Southampton Town Hall. The full resolution can be read by clicking on this link: Proposed Noyac Rd rezoning.
According to a newsletter that was sent out by the Montauk Chamber of Commerce, the proposed legislation may have a negative impact on all traffic for those who are relying on service businesses coming to the East End.
Encouraging people to express their views by contacting members of the Southampton Town Board via email,the newsletter states, “Work on CR 39 will begin sometime later this year and it will affect all kinds of business, deliveries, etc. This could become a disaster on CR 39 and affect many who you do business with.”
Why on earth would the Montauk Chamber of Commerce be saying something like that? Noyac Road is NOT a major roadway, those huge delivery trucks are racing around tight curves, going thru narrow roadways and belong on Montauk Highway. They “cut thru” on Noyac Road to avoid stop lights and stop signs – they speed, ignore pedestrians and rip up the roadway. Trust me – in this economy nobody is going to refuse to deliver to Montauk because they can’t cut thru on Noyack Road. That’s insanity.
I think Montauk Chamber is concerned because either they feel that when CR 39 is partially closed due to construction, shipping companies may take too long to get the big truck loads of fish out of Montauk or all the cases of beer and liquor into Montauk… or they are just very confused where Noyack road is located.