J. E. D. Associates, Inc. v. Town of Sandown

The issue in this appeal is whether the Sandown Planning Board acted unlawfully when it refused to permit the plaintiff to extend a subdivision road twenty-five feet to the Dan-ville town line to connect with a future subdivision, on the ground that to allow the plaintiff to do so would result in increased traffic at an intersection with a State highway in Sandown, rendering the intersection hazardous. We hold that it did.

The plaintiff is the owner of 135 acres of land located in both Sandown and Danville. Part of the Sandown property is bordered on the west by Route 121 A, a State highway…