Well-to-do Hamptons habitués may have to suffer the indignity of Long Island Expressway traffic this summer.

A group of helicopter companies that whisk the rich and fabulous to the East End are suing the Town of East Hampton for sharply curbing their ability to provide a quick route to the weekend hotspot.

The brouhaha stems from a local law passed last week that limits helicopters to one visit to the East Hampton Town Airport per week during the summer. The town officials also banned all flights between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m.

Helicopters were making up to 40 trips per week for summer revelers seeking to avoid traffic jams. Town officials said that the move would reduce helicopter traffic by 75 percent.

Hoping to reverse the restriction by summer, a coalition of helicopter companies filed suit in Brooklyn federal court Tuesday.

“The Town has knowingly and purposefully transgressed the bounds of its extremely limited authority,” the suit claims.

But anti-noise activists supported the drastic measure and argued that action was overdue.

If these are the same people who are paying $600 to fly out to the East End then they can probably afford fine limousines and bar service for those rides on the LIE. - Charles Ehren, vice chairman of The Quiet Skies Coalition

“If these are the same people who are paying $600 to fly out to the East End then they can probably afford fine limousines and bar service for those rides on the LIE,” zinged Charles Ehren, vice chairman of The Quiet Skies Coalition.

Ehren said residents have been bombarded with the high-altitude racket for decades and that enough was enough.

“The helicopters come by and they are under zero regulation with respect to altitude,” the East Hampton resident said. “They come in low and they shake your house. If you’re sitting out on your patio, you can’t have a conversation. It’s devastating.”

“In the last few years, it’s been every few minutes during the summer,” he said.

In a statement, East Hampton officials blasted the helicopter companies for dragging them into federal court.

“While we anticipated this lawsuit, it is sad that these airport users are now going to force the town to spend scarce airport funds to defend these restrictions rather than working to make this airport the best it can be.”