Southampton Hospital wants to build ER next to Little League fields

Southampton Hospital CEO Robert Chaloner told the East Hampton Town Board Tuesday that he wants to build the 54,000-square-foot satellite emergency facility on a 4.5-acre lot off Pantigo Road. The site currently houses the East Hampton Little League ballfields, 27East reported, and is already preferred by town planners to the alternate location in Wainscott, next to the Child Development Center of the Hamptons. The new emergency facility site would be fully operational and host new radiology facilities and physicians’ offices as well. New construction is expected to cost between $35 million to $45 million, according to Chaloner. [27East]