Save Main Road lawsuit dismissed in State Supreme Court
Source: riverheadnewsreview.archive.timesreview.com
- State Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit challenging the Save Main Road law that limits development along a key Suffolk County roadway.
- The suit was filed by developers and property owners claiming the law wrongly restricted their land use without compensation.
- Dismissal clears the way for the law to stand, protecting the rural character of the area.
A lawsuit against the Save Main Road law - which caps development density on a busy stretch of County Road 105 in Riverhead and Southold - was thrown out by State Supreme Court Justice Joseph C. Pastoressa. The plaintiffs, including developers and landowners, argued the 2006 law amounted to an unconstitutional taking of their property rights. The ruling upholds the law's goal of preserving the corridor's scenic and rural feel amid growing traffic and sprawl concerns.