Opn. No.

Daniel G. Schum, Esq. Town Attorney, Ogden

You ask whether a town may establish a speed limit below twenty-five miles per hour on a town road which is a dead-end street and which bisects a town park and facility. In a subsequent telephone conversation with this office, you indicated that the road in question was accepted by the town as a highway, is maintained by the town and is used by the public on a daily basis for purposes of vehicular travel.

Vehicle and Traffic Law, § 1662-a permits town boards in certain towns to establish a speed limit lower than the fifty-five miles per hour maximum…