The Riverhead town board decided Tuesday night that due to traffic and congestion on route 58 in Riverhead that all stores were to be demolished .”This was a plan we thought long and hard about we know it’s going to affect the Town of Riverhead’s economy severely but what needs to be done is inevitable” – Town supervisor . Everyone in Riverhead is encouraged to do their last minute shopping and a new plan with traffic strategies will be put into place for residence to go out of town .