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A woman walks her dog on Rockaway Beach. The remains of the boardwalk thrashed by Hurricane Sandy won't be replaced just yet, but it's promised that the beach will look different and have some new amenities. <\/p>\n
City beaches will be back in time for Memorial Day weekend despite the wallop of Hurricane Sandy but they wont look quite like the beaches you remember. <\/p>\n
It will cost $266 million to get the storm-ravaged beaches up and running by their May 25 opening day, Parks Commissioner Veronica White revealed at a City Council hearing Thursday. <\/p>\n
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That includes $147 million for Rockaway Beach alone. <\/p>\n
The Rockaway boardwalk in Queens, three miles of which were severely damaged by the storm, wont be replaced yet, but concrete islands will be built with bathrooms and food vendors. <\/p>\n
The city also is putting modular buildings up on stilts in the sand to house bathrooms, lifeguard stations and maintenance buildings. <\/p>\n
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