PRINTER'S NO. 4699
No. 744 Session of 2002
INTRODUCED BY LEWIS, SCAVELLO, T. ARMSTRONG, BROWNE,
CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, FICHTER, GRUCELA, HERSHEY, HESS,
JAMES, MAJOR, MARSICO, McCALL, READSHAW, RUBLEY, SAYLOR,
SCHRODER, B. SMITH, TIGUE, WOJNAROSKI AND YOUNGBLOOD,
NOVEMBER 26, 2002
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
NOVEMBER 26, 2002
A RESOLUTION
1 Designating December 5, 2002, as "Safe80 Day" in Pennsylvania.
2 WHEREAS, The Safe80 Task Force was formed in January 2001 to
3 make Interstate 80 in Monroe County safer; and
4 WHEREAS, The Safe80 Task Force includes citizens, local
5 officials and representatives of the Pennsylvania State Police,
6 the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and the
7 Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission; and
8 WHEREAS, The Safe80 Task Force has promoted a strategy of
9 education, enforcement and engineering to make Interstate 80
10 safer; and
11 WHEREAS, The Safe80 Task Force received the 2002 Governor's
12 Highway Safety Award; and
13 WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania State Police have received a
14 Governor's Highway Safety Award for their enforcement records on
15 Interstate 80; and
1 WHEREAS, The Safe80 Task Force continues to focus on short-
2 term, intermediate-term and long-term solutions to highway
3 safety issues and has secured funds for a $4 million grant to
4 study Route 80 in Monroe County, including the exit and entrance
5 ramps; therefore be it
6 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives applaud the
7 efforts of the Safe80 Task Force and designate December 5, 2002,
8 as "Safe80 Day" in Pennsylvania.
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