Officials identified more than double the number of contaminated properties than they expected that could be in need of remediation and redevelopment in the greater Bellport area.

By Deon J. Hampton, Long Island Newsday (NY)

Brookhaven planning officials have identified more than 633 potentially contaminatedproperties — more than double what they expected — that could be in need of remediation and redevelopment in the greater Bellport area.

Most of the parcels, known as brownfields, are the site of warehouses, auto and manufacturing businesses where oils, liquids and antifreeze leak into soil and groundwater along Montauk Highway in the hamlets of North Bellport, Hagerman and East Patchogue, planning officials said.

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Initially, Brookhaven expected to survey 302 parcels of land. During the study, officials determined additional properties needed to be inspected, Brookhaven Town planner Joseph Sanzano said Wednesday.

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