Opn. No.

John Reed, Esq. Town Attorney, Pleasant Valley

Tractor trailers are being parked on a State highway running through your town along an industrial plant's entrance used for deliveries and are interfering with the flow of traffic in that area, You have asked whether the town may prohibit the parking of tractor trailers on the State highway.

The authority to regulate public highways, including State highways, has been retained by the State; the extent of a municipality's authority to regulate in this area is limited to that expressly conferred by the State pursuant to statute. People v Grant, 306…