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"Residents can send along their thoughts on a wish list of Parks Department projects to be paid for by up to $120 million left over from the federally-funded boardwalk reconstruction project [in New York's Rockaway Beach]," according to an article by Katie Honan.
Nine projects are on the table, including "a renovation of Bayswater Park, a raise shoreline in Edgemere to mitigate flooding, new amenities at the Rockaway Community Park in Edgemere and a kayak launch at Thursby Basin in Arverne."
More details and the rest of the proposed projects are detailed in the Rockaway Parks Conceptual Plan.
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