Community Corner
Northport Dock to Get New Electrical System
Current system destroyed during Hurricane Sandy.
The currently defunct Northport Dock electrical system will be replaced around Memorial Day, according to Village Trustee Damon Mcmullen.
The dock's electrical boxes were destroyed when Hurricane Sandy caused record storm surges, and have since been out of commission.
"The boxes are meant to get wet," McMullen said, "but they're not meant to be submerged for hours on end."
The village hopes to have FEMA cover about 75 percent of the cost to replace both the electrical boxes and the wiring underneath the dock, estimated at roughly $16,000.
One prerequisite for FEMA mitigation funds is that the replacement boxes be above the hundred year flood line. Trustee Henry Tobin suggested some sort of flotation device that allows the boxes to float up and down with the level of the water and is working with Village Administrator Gene Guido to devise a solution.
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