THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY R. BROWN AND SCAVELLO, SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, SEPTEMBER 5, 2012  

AN ACT

Designating the Marshalls Creek Bypass, U.S. Route 209 from Twin

Falls Road in Smithfield Township, Monroe County, to Oak

Grove Drive in Middle Smithfield Township, Monroe County, as

the Joseph W. Battisto Bypass.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Joseph W. Battisto Bypass.

(a)  Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as

follows:

(1)  Joseph W. Battisto, born June 27, 1931, in Mount

Pocono, Pennsylvania, represented the citizens of the 189th

Legislative District in the Pennsylvania House of

Representatives from January 4, 1983, to November 30, 2000.

(2)  In the early part of the 1980s, Battisto played a

leading role in developing the idea of a bypass to alleviate

traffic congestion in the Marshalls Creek area of Monroe

County. The result is the U.S. Route 209 Bypass, which opened

to traffic in June 2012.

(3)  Battisto graduated from Stroudsburg High School in

1949. He earned a bachelor's degree from East Stroudsburg

State Teachers College in 1956 and a master's degree from the

University of Scranton in 1966.

(4)  Battisto resides in Paradise Township, Monroe

County, with his wife, Virginia. They have four grown

children and eight grandchildren.

(b)  Designation.--The Marshalls Creek Bypass, U.S. Route 209

from Twin Falls Road in Smithfield Township, Monroe County, to

Oak Grove Drive in Middle Smithfield Township, Monroe County, is

hereby designated the Joseph W. Battisto Bypass.

(c)  Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and

maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the highway to

traffic in both directions on the highway.

Section 2.  Effective date.

This act shall take effect immediately.