TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Gov. Phil Murphy on Tuesday overruled the New Jersey Turnpike Authority's decision to remove informal displays of the American flag from highway overpasses.
The Democrat announced during his afternoon coronavirus briefing that the removal of flags would be suspended and that he did not like the idea, NJ Advance Media reported.
Turnpike Authority officials said that displaying flags, posters or any display of any kind is a violation of an administrative rule.
Republican State Sen. Declan O'Scanlon said that the proliferation of many types of flags does pose safety and legal concerns."I'd have preferred they come to us and say let's solve it legislatively, rather than tear them all down," O'Scanlon said.