The Amagansett Citizens Advisory Committee will host a community forum on the long-debated lighting proposal for Amagansett’s Main Street on Monday at 6 p.m. at the Amagansett School.
East Hampton Town Councilman Tom Flight, the committee’s liaison to the town board, will discuss the proposal, answer questions, and hear comments from residents of the lighting district. All have been invited to attend.
The subject area spans Main Street from Indian Wells Highway, on the western end, to the junction at Abram’s Landing Road to the east. Residents have previously raised concerns about uneven lighting coverage and its impact on safety for vehicles and pedestrians.
The town engaged the L.K. McLean Associates consultancy to develop photometric engineering design plans to provide Dark Sky-compliant lighting aligned with New York State Department of Transportation regulations, using fixtures less than 12 feet high and minimizing impacts to trees.
A plan to replace fixtures in the hamlet’s historic district was presented to the committee in July, with the hope that work would begin in 2027, subject to approval by the town’s architectural review board and feedback from the advisory committee, the Amagansett Village Improvement Society, the Amagansett Historical Association, the hamlet’s library, and the fire district.
In an August letter to the town board, the library’s board wrote that “we completely concur with the importance of maintaining Main Street as a safe and inviting village center” but proposed “a more comprehensive evaluation of the necessity, efficacy, and historic appropriateness of lighting changes,” including in the northernmost parking field in the municipal parking lot, in order to “best preserve the character and rural nature of our hamlet.” .
