Tom Casey writes in the Register Star the state Dept. of Transportation says its hands are tied until Hudson, Greenport and Claverack come to an agreement on the issue of rerouting truck traffic. On March 20, the Hudson Common Council passed a resolution calling on the DOT to relocate the route outside the city. Officials in the towns of Greenport and Claverack oppose any change to the existing route from routes 9 and 9G/23B that runs through the city. Susan Stepp, a spokeswoman for the DOT, said the city has the right to redraw the route within city borders, but it will need approval from neighboring towns to reroute traffic outside the city. Stepp said her department offered to facilitate a meeting between the towns and the city last year but received no response. Read the full story in the Register Star.