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N.Y. HAY Law § 117-B

This is the official text of N.Y. HAY Law § 117-B, part of New York’s HAY Law — part of the compiled statutory law of New York, published by the state as "HAY Law." Browse the sections below, each linked to its official government source.

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Controlled-access highways in counties

Official statutory text

§ 117-b. Controlled-access highways in counties. Notwithstanding the\nprovisions of any general, special or local law to the contrary, a\ncounty road entirely or partly constructed, reconstructed or improved at\na location where no public highway theretofore existed, may be\ndesignated within a county by the board of supervisors of such county,\non recommendation of the county executive, if any, or in any other case\non recommendation of the county superintendent of highways, as a\ncontrolled-access highway, to and from which the owners or occupants of\nabutting property or any other person shall have no right of access\neither as pedestrians, as operators of vehicles or in any other\ncapacity, excepting at junctions of such highways with other public\nhighways, and also excepting as such access may be reserved by the deed\nor final order of condemnation describing the property which has been or\nwhich hereafter shall be acquired for the purpose of such\ncontrolled-access highway. Such county road designated as a\ncontrolled-access highway shall be subject in all other respects to the\nprovisions of the vehicle and traffic law, and the highway law with\nrelation to county roads.\n

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