LouNY
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That raises several interesting points.To clarify points in question. The road was here before the lots were permitted. It was a public road that was then converted to a private road via a planning board decision. IE no public access granted and no town responsibility for maintenance. Road does not grant any other public access by right. The stables in question are a somewhat new 6-7 year old business
I don't know Mass. highway law, however in NY a planning board could not give away a public access road.
A Town Board can in several different ways including an abandonment of the maintenance yet keeping the public
access, this is done often on dead end roads and minimally traversed roads bounded by one land owner.