Shinnecock Nation completes billboard along Sunrise Highway

Construction is completed on one of the Shinnecock Indian Nation's massive billboards along Sunrise Highway in Hampton Bays.

News 12 Staff

May 24, 2019, 7:27 PM

Updated 1,791 days ago

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Construction is completed on one of the Shinnecock Indian Nation's massive billboards along Sunrise Highway in Hampton Bays.
The 60-foot-tall billboard has a 30-foot LED screen that will serve as advertising space. It will greet drivers flocking to the Hamptons for Memorial Day weekend.
The Shinnecocks constructed the billboard on tribe-owned land to generate what they say is much-needed revenue.
The billboard plans have been met with protest from people in the Town of Southampton since their release. The state Department of Transportation had issued a stop-work order.
A second billboard on the westbound side of Sunrise Highway is under construction. The Shinnecocks expect it to be up and running in a couple weeks.


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