Hampton Bays Residents Are Awakened to Forgotten
Trail That They Don’t Want
One day Regina Rouge woke up and looked out her window to see
men walking in back of her fence. The men told her that they were
building a trail, according to Newsday on December 27.
The surprise that Ms. Rouge experienced precipitated a protest
against a trail from Ponquogue Avenue to Cormorant Point on Shinnecock
Bay that had been mapped for decades. Some of the land for the
trail had been bought from property owners and some acquired as
exactions for subdivision permits, but the town had never maintained
the trail. Adjacent owners had started to expand their backyards
into the 20 ft. width. The Hamptons are the sort of place where
people appreciate nature and where they also seemingly like trails.
But not right past their backyards. And not if there is no parking,
Ms. Rouge said, according to Newsday, which might cause
people to trespass to reach the trail. When the Town of Southampton
began finally laying out the trail, the town hall was flooded
with angry calls.
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