Eye New Spot For Bus Depot

The East Hampton School District on Tuesday unveiled a fifth possible location for a bus maintenance barn on its high school campus, one that drew a few positive remarks from residents in attendance at the school board meeting.

The new option is in back of the school diagonally opposite the wood shop, past the cafeteria and the track, as designed by Mike Guido, the school district’s architect. It would take up about 20 percent of the practice soccer field, which would also need to be reconfigured slightly. Buses would be parked in the front of the school in a fenced-off area that would also include a gas pump, likely secured with an extra fence, for district use only, Mr. Guido said. A map of the potential location can be found on the school district’s website at easthamptonschools.org.

A handful of residents seemed to like this option the best, as it locates the bus barn away from houses and avoids putting an industrial-looking building in front of the school, which the district had previously explored.

“This site would be acceptable to me,” John Tarbet, a nearby homeowner, said. “It makes the most sense.”