sentences:  The Coast Guard called in an engineering firm from New Jersey to design alternatives to the county's proposal, which would attempt to prevent damage to the wetlands.The new structure called for would have approaches shorter and was eventually accepted by the town board for Southampton in 1980 on a 3-2 vote.This new span, which would be high, was deemed ridiculous by one local, who claimed that they should choose to only replace the drawbridge, which would cost about $2 million.