Babylon Town OKs $300G for Sandy repairs
Photo credit: newsday /Thomas A. Ferrara | Billy Bornholdt, right, along with his son, also named Billy, survey the damage to the fishing pier at Captree State Park in Babylon in the wake of superstorm Sandy. (Nov. 20, 2012)
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The Babylon Town Board has signed off on contracts worth more than $300,000 to three area engineering firms, an early step in a $22.5 million push to rebuild town parks, beaches, pools and docks damaged by Sandy before Memorial Day.
Construction is slated to begin by the end of the month, giving the firms until Thursday to prepare design documents for a host of projects from the barrier beaches...