Bus Depot Site Contract Readied

The East Hampton School Board has received a contract of sale from East Hampton Town for the potential purchase, for about $2 million, of property on Springs-Fireplace Road where a school bus depot would be constructed.

The initial site for the depot was on the Cedar Street edge of the high school campus. It drew such a roar of neighborhood ire, in particular from a group called the Cedar Street Committee represented by Jeffrey Bragman, that the board began looking elsewhere. The Springs-Fireplace property is along a mostly industrial stretch of road.

 In an email yesterday, J.P. Foster, the school board president, said, “We plan on holding a special meeting next week to vote on the contract. Our district clerk will send out a notice if that is the case. We are moving forward.”