Workers were also out fixing and securing power lines during and after the recent storms. Carolyn James/Herald
Snow, ice and frigid temperatures have caused disruptions on roads throughout Massapequa and Massapequa Park, even as water district, village and Town of Oyster Bay crews continue working around the clock to address the damage.
“It’s certainly been a challenge,” said Massapequa Park Village Mayor Dan Pearl, who spoke about several water main breaks over the past 10 days. The breaks occurred on Park Boulevard, Lakeshore Drive and Fulton Street, as well as Merrick Road between Biltmore Boulevard and Alhambra Road. “We are working with the water district and the town cooperatively and getting the job done.”
Most residents have been cooperative and appear to understand the challenges, Pearl added.
Eileen Hegelian, who lives on Park Hill in Massapequa, is one of those residents. She said she left her home one morning and had to wade through water from a water main break that flooded the area near the Massapequa Preserve.
“When I went through there later in the day, it was all cleared up,” she said last Wednesday as she walked along the street with her husband, John. “They seem to be doing a good job of getting the roads fixed as quickly as possible.”
Eileen and John Hegelian walk near the Massapequa Preserve last week after a water main break near there caused water to fill the roadway.
Because some roads fall under village jurisdiction while others are maintained by the Town of Oyster Bay, cooperation between the two municipalities is critical, Pearl said.
“The town has been very good in responding and has allowed us to get the roads safe and passable as quickly as possible,” he said, adding that workers from both municipalities have been putting in long hours during the day and overnight.
In one instance, a water main break occurred on Roosevelt Avenue, a road that had recently been reconstructed by the village.
Source: Massapequa Post
