A Strong Shoreline, Now and Forever
Luke McGinty is building a comprehensive strategy to keep your home safe
West Hampton Dunes was founded for one reason: to keep your homes safe from the ocean. As a 3rd generation resident of Dune Road, Luke McGinty understands the unique challenges that face this community.
Luke knows the value of snow fencing, because he’s installed it himself and watched the protective dunes grow year after year as a result. He has tended the dune by planting grass and gathering old Christmas trees to catch sand during the winter winds. He was here during Hurricane’s Sandy and Irene, sandbagging the public walkway at Beach Access 6 to protect against the risk of rising floodwaters. Luke has seen firsthand what it takes to keep our dunes strong.
No matter what we do, the 50-year storm and the 100-year storm are coming. Your village government exists to manage that risk, plan for it, and muster resources to preserve the value of your property when that day finally comes. Luke McGinty is an active planner and a long-term thinker. As an experienced energy finance professional, Luke has managed risk for multi-billion dollar energy generation and transmission assets. He also has extensive experience collaborating with state governments on the deployment of millions in capital for the development of physical infrastructure.
As Trustee, Luke McGinty will lead an aggressive, proactive process to strengthen our shoreline and protect West Hampton Dunes. He is a solution-minded collaborator who will work alongside our governmental partners in Southampton, Riverhead, Albany, and Washington. He will develop a comprehensive village-wide strategy to keep your homes safe, and manage the real risks that come with owning property in a shorefront community. Luke McGinty will be open-minded in evaluating the possibility of installing new jetties, deploying new shorebreak infrastructure devices, and using other solutions to grow a strong, living shoreline. Luke will guarantee sand pumping continues and that future “nourishment” events benefit all residents fairly.
Luke will fight to keep the beach strong for all of us.