After a four-day trial, jurors reached a decision in about an hour and found in favor of the state.
A jury has decided that the state acted properly when it took property for the Exit 4A project on I-93, the attorney general’s office said.
The case centered on land near Folsom Road owned by 101 Franklin Derry LLC and S&L Elm Street Holdings LLC. The New Hampshire Department of Transportation obtained the parcels through eminent domain, according to the office.
Steven Trefethen, who owns the companies, argued the land seizure was tied to a private development plan that would hurt him and the town of Derry. State lawyers maintained that the road work is aimed at easing traffic problems that have persisted for years and that any advantage to the development is only secondary.
After a four-day trial, jurors reached a decision in about an hour and found in favor of the state.
The Exit 4A project has been under discussion for decades and was first introduced in the ’80s. Earlier this summer, NHDOT said it expected the work could be finished by 2032.
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