ยง 211-a. Abandonment of certain town highways. Notwithstanding any
other provision of this chapter, and upon the request of the county
superintendent of highways, any town board may, by resolution duly
adopted, declare any town highway or portion thereof in the town running
through forest or forest lands not necessarily for ingress to or egress
from any privately or publicly owned lands, and not necessary to connect
existing town, county or state highways, to be abandoned and
discontinued for public purposes. Such town shall at least thirty days
prior to such abandonment cause to be filed and recorded in the office
of the town clerk a written description of such highway or portion to be
abandoned with a written statement attached thereto that such highway or
portion thereof so described is proposed to be abandoned, and shall
cause notices to be posted in at least three conspicuous places in such
town of the time and place when such declaration of abandonment will be
made, for the purpose of permitting any interested person to appear for
or against the adoption of such resolution.
Structure New York Laws
170 - Survey for the Laying Out of a Highway.
173 - Petition for Acquisition.
177 - Damages in Certain Cases; How Estimated.
180 - Limitations Upon Laying Out Highways.
181 - Laying Out Highways Through Burying-Grounds.
184 - When Officers of Different Towns Disagree About Highway.
185 - Difference About Improvements.
186 - Highway in Two or More Towns.
188 - Final Determination, How Carried Out.
191 - Highways or Roads Along Division Lines.
193 - Contracts for the Construction of Town Highways.
194 - Construction or Improvement of Town Highways by County and Town.
195 - County Aid for Construction, Improvement and Maintenance of Town Highways.
196 - County Aid for Connecting Highway Through Villages.
197 - Damages for Change of Grade.
198 - Interest on Damages for Change of Grade.
199 - Widening Highways; Petition.
203 - Widening, How Constructed.
204 - Actions to Compel Widening; How Affected by Petition.
205-A - Seasonal Limited Use Highway.
205-B - Qualified Abandonment of Certain Town Highways.
206 - Highways in Lands Acquired by the United States for Fortification Purposes Deemed Abandoned.
207 - Discontinuance of Highway.
208 - Description to Be Recorded.
209 - Damages Caused by Discontinuance.
211-A - Abandonment of Certain Town Highways.
211-B - Abandonment of Certain Town Highways in School Districts.
212 - Changing Location of Highways Over Certain Lands Owned and Occupied by the State.
212-A - Abandoning of Parts of Town Highways.
213 - Construction and Repair of Approaches to Private Lands.
214 - Depositing Ashes, Snow, Ice, Stones, Sticks, Et Cetera Upon the Highway.