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“In times of prosperity and crisis, we must always hold our flag high and fight to protect all it represents,” said Benson. “The officers and veterans who maintain flags on state highways are looking to remind us of this great symbol of democracy. Their work should be celebrated.”

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Tom Feeney, a Turnpike Authority spokesman, said earlier Tuesday that there were concerns that some flags had become tattered and were not being maintained properly. Feeney did not answer questions about whether an incident or complaint prompted the ban on unauthorized advertisements or banners hung from overpasses.

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“I think its great and can’t wait to see the flags back up. We are in some dark times across our country and we need to be able to express a unified spirit of Americanism,” said Daniel Dunn, American Legion state Executive Committeeman for Middlesex County.

His proposed bill would allow law enforcement and veterans organizations to display and maintain American flags on highway overpasses in coordination with the Turnpike Authority.

The Robbinsville police union plans to hold an event Friday to replace the overpass flags on the Turnpike and I-195 in the town.Robbinsville PBA

“They’ve suspended that for the time being,” Murphy said during his Tuesday press briefing on the coronavirus after an NJ Advance Media reporter asked him about the ban.

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Murphy was initially asked about the ban during a morning WPG radio call-in talk show, during which he told host Harry Hurley he would reverse the ban.

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“While we appreciate the desire of some New Jersey residents to express their patriotism in these turbulent times by displaying flags on Turnpike and Parkway overpasses, Authority regulations do not allow it, and for good reason,” said

Veterans of Foreign Wars State Commander Brian Wiener thanked patriotic residents who protested the decision and contacted public officials to express opposition to removal of the flags.

“I didn’t like what I heard. After I got off the call, we spoke with the team,” he said at the afternoon coronavirus briefing. “At least for the time being, the Turnpike Authority has suspended that.”

Benson sent a letter sent to the Turnpike Authority, disputing the decision to remove the flags because they violate advertising regulations.

Several Central Jersey lawmakers including O’Scanlon and Assemblywoman Serena DiMaso, both R-Monmouth, and Assembly Transportation Committee chairman Dan Benson, D-Middlesex, said they plan to introduce a bill to exempt display of American flags from the Turnpike Authority statute.

Turnpike Authority officials said displaying flags of any kind violated an administrative rule about advertising banners or flags. Another concern is the proliferation of “all kinds of flags” displayed on overpasses supporting other causes and that there were safety and legal concerns, said State Senator Declan O’Scanlon, who spoke to officials.

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The decision came four days before the 19th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon and the downing of Flight 93 by passengers after terrorists took control. Residents attached flags to highway overpass fences as a show of solidarity and patriotism.

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“Their actions will ensure our nation’s flag will be flying high on 9-11 and year round,” said Kenneth Hagemann, Veterans of Foreign Wars state adjutant. “Although the removal of the flags should have never occurred, the Veterans of Foreign Wars is pleased with the Governor’s reversal of the flag ban.”

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In Robbinsville, the police department union plans to hold an event Friday to replace the American flags on the Turnpike overpass in that Mercer County town as well as an I-195 overpass.

The flag ban resulted in condemnations from veterans groups, a bi-partisan pledge by legislators to pass laws reinstating flag displays and promises by groups to replace the removed flags.

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Gov. Phil Murphy overruled the New Jersey Turnpike Authority’s decision to remove patriotic displays of American Flags from Garden State Parkway and Turnpike overpasses after an uproar about the decision to bar the informal displays.

“They could come out with some guidance on proper display of flags on overpass, it could be a simple fix...like adopt-a-highway,” Hagemann said. “The VFW isn’t against regulations on it for safety and out of respect for flag.”