New York State Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele, Jr. and East Hampton Town Supervisor Larry Cantwell today thanked the New York State Department of Transportation for their decision to repave a 1500 foot section of Montauk Highway which runs through the Amagansett shopping district at night.

A few weeks ago, the New York State Department of Transportation (DOT) announced a possible change that would call for that section of Montauk Highway in the downtown Amagansett shopping area to be repaved during off-peak day hours instead of night hours, as originally planned.

The elected officials reached out to the Regional Director with the belief that Amagansett business owners and patrons should be given the same opportunity that was afforded to the business owners and patrons in the downtown Water Mill and Bridgehampton shopping areas during the repaving of Montauk Highway in Southampton earlier this year. Both the Assemblyman and Supervisor had been contacted by Amagansett business owners fearing that daytime off peak paving would hurt their businesses.