Long Island Press reports that FHWA “suspects New York State may have broken federal law when it recently opened a store at the Long Island Expressway rest stop in Dix Hills. . . . [NYDOT] officials maintain that the new rest area — and several others like it that recently opened statewide — is a legally permissible welcome center and market designed to promote tourism in addition to selling locally made products. But the FHA suspects otherwise, and it has scheduled a meeting with state DOT leaders next month to discuss it and a related issue regarding state tourism signs that federal officials say are also not in compliance.” The disagreement puts part of New York’s $1.7 billion in federal highway funding at risk, according to the report.
