PRINTER'S NO. 2905
No. 488 Session of 2003
INTRODUCED BY LEWIS, ARGALL, ARMSTRONG, BALDWIN, BEBKO-JONES,
BIRMELIN, BROWNE, CAPPELLI, CORRIGAN, COSTA, COY, CRUZ,
DeWEESE, DONATUCCI, FAIRCHILD, FICHTER, FORCIER, GABIG,
GEIST, GILLESPIE, GINGRICH, GOODMAN, GRUCELA, HARHART,
HERSHEY, HESS, JAMES, KELLER, LEDERER, LESCOVITZ, MAJOR,
MARKOSEK, MARSICO, McGILL, McILHINNEY, S. MILLER, MUSTIO,
PALLONE, PAYNE, READSHAW, ROHRER, ROSS, SAINATO, SATHER,
SCAVELLO, SHANER, B. SMITH, SOLOBAY, THOMAS, TIGUE, WILT,
WOJNAROSKI AND ZUG, NOVEMBER 14, 2003
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
NOVEMBER 14, 2003
A RESOLUTION
1 Designating December 5, 2003, 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 Department of Transportation and the Pennsylvania Public
7 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
1 Governor's Highway Safety Award for their enforcement records on
2 Interstate 80; and
3 WHEREAS, The Safe80 Task Force continues to focus on short-
4 term, intermediate-term and long-term solutions to highway
5 safety issues and has secured funds for a $4 million grant to
6 study Interstate 80 in Monroe County, including the exit and
7 entrance ramps; therefore be it
8 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives applaud the
9 efforts of the Safe80 Task Force and designate December 5, 2003,
10 as "Safe80 Day" in Pennsylvania.
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