Town of Nelson v. New Hampshire Department of Transportation

The plaintiff, the Town of Nelson (town), appeals from a ruling by the Superior Court (Mangones, J.) that the reclassification of two segments of Old Route 9 did not impose an unconstitutional, unfunded mandate on the town. The defendant, the New Hampshire Department of Transportation (State), cross-appeals, arguing that the trial court erred in ruling that the town’s untimely appeal did not bar its challenge to the reclassification of Old Route 9. We affirm.

This dispute arose from the construction of a new bypass, which required the reclassification of certain segments of Old Route 9 in…