PRINTER'S NO. 149
No. 158 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY EARLL, FEBRUARY 4, 2005
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, FEBRUARY 4, 2005
AN ACT
1 Adding a certain portion of the Bayfront Parkway in the City of
2 Erie, Erie County, to the State Highway System, and
3 transferring to the City of Erie a certain State road.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Transfer of roads.
7 (a) Authorization.--
8 (1) Upon publication of the notice required in
9 subsection (c), that portion of Bayfront Parkway, in the City
10 of Erie, Erie County, beginning at the existing Lincoln
11 Avenue heading in an easterly direction to Sixth Street, for
12 a distance of 21,124 feet or 4.00 miles, is hereby adopted as
13 a State highway, to be known as State Route 290.
14 (2) That State Route 4018, in the City of Erie, Erie
15 County, for a distance of 31,283 feet or 5.925 miles, is
16 hereby transferred to the City of Erie, subject to approval
17 by resolution of the city council. The city council shall,
18 within 14 days of the adoption of such resolution, transmit
1 notice thereof to the Department of Transportation.
2 (b) Release of liability.--Upon publication of the notice
3 required in subsection (c):
4 (1) The City of Erie, Erie County, is hereby relieved of
5 all responsibility for maintenance of that portion of
6 Bayfront Parkway as described in subsection (a)(1).
7 (2) The Commonwealth is hereby relieved of all
8 responsibility for maintenance of the State Route 4018 as
9 described in subsection (b)(1).
10 (c) Publication.--The Department of Transportation shall
11 publish notice of approval of the transfer by the city council
12 as provided in subsection (a)(2) to the Legislative Reference
13 Bureau as a notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. The publication
14 shall occur within 30 days of the notice of approval to the
15 department.
16 Section 2. Effective date.
17 This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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