Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele, Jr. (I, D, WF-Sag Harbor) today announced that Hither Hills State Park in Montauk will be receiving $1 million for campground improvements including the installation of a new restroom facility as part of New York’s “NY Parks 2020” Plan.

The “NY Parks 2020” plan is a multi-year commitment to leverage a broad range of private and public funding to invest approximately $900 million in State Parks from 2011 to 2020. The “NY Parks 2020” plan follows seven strategic priorities:

• Making comprehensive investments in the State’s most popular flagship parks to ensure they remain relevant throughout the 21st Century;
• Targeting investments to projects that promote healthy, active outdoor recreation;
• Ensuring people from all walks of life have opportunities to connect with parks;
• Replacing well used but worn out public use facilities and critical infrastructure that have been neglected too long;
• Preserving historic sites and cultural assets;
• Ensuring proper stewardship of some of the State’s most unique ecosystems, including making them more resilient to extreme weather; and
• Leveraging the tourism impact of State Parks to energize local economies.

This year’s funding, $71.7 million, will help fund 88 major construction projects at 60 State parks and historic sites across the state.