SENATE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 2282 PRINTER'S NO. 4507
No. 1723 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY CONKLIN, GEORGE, GALLOWAY, SHIMKUS, DONATUCCI,
SAINATO, HERSHEY, CALTAGIRONE, PARKER, MILLARD, YOUNGBLOOD,
SURRA, PASHINSKI, BISHOP, HALUSKA, MARSHALL, GRUCELA, JAMES,
R. TAYLOR, WOJNAROSKI, BROOKS, FLECK, BENNINGHOFF, LENTZ,
BRENNAN, HARHAI, HORNAMAN, SANTONI, McCALL, WALKO, THOMAS,
MANN, PHILLIPS, R. STEVENSON, MANTZ, READSHAW, KING, MAHONEY,
M. O'BRIEN, RAMALEY, STABACK, PALLONE, KORTZ, MILNE AND MURT,
JULY 9, 2007
SENATOR MADIGAN, TRANSPORTATION, IN SENATE, AS AMENDED,
OCTOBER 6, 2008
AN ACT
1 Designating the bridge on State Route 322 joining Clearfield and <--
2 Centre Counties as the Veterans' Memorial Bridge.
3 DESIGNATING THE BRIDGE ON STATE ROUTE 655 ON MAIN STREET, <--
4 BELLEVILLE, UNION TOWNSHIP, MIFFLIN COUNTY, AS THE CURT ZOOK
5 MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING THE NEWTOWN 413 BYPASS AS THE
6 OFFICER GREGG MEMORIAL BYPASS; AND DESIGNATING THE WALNUT
7 STREET BRIDGE IN THE CITY OF JOHNSTOWN, CAMBRIA COUNTY, AS
8 THE MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
9 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
10 hereby enacts as follows:
11 Section 1. Veterans' Memorial Bridge. <--
12 (a) Designation.--The bridge joining Clearfield and Centre
13 Counties on State Route 322 is designated and shall be known as
14 the Veterans' Memorial Bridge.
15 (b) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
16 maintain appropriate signs which shall display the name of the
17 bridge designated in subsection (a) at each end of the bridge
1 and at the sides of the bridge so that persons traveling on
2 State Route 322 can see the designation referred to in
3 subsection (a).
4 Section 2. Effective date.
5 This act shall take effect in 60 days.
6 SECTION 1. (RESERVED). <--
7 SECTION 2. CURT ZOOK MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
8 (A) DECLARATION OF POLICY.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND
9 DECLARES AS FOLLOWS:
10 (1) CHARLES CURTIS ZOOK'S DEDICATION AND SERVICE TO HIS
11 COMMUNITY LED TO THE FORMATION OF VILLAGE PRIDE IN FEBRUARY
12 1998. AS CHAIRMAN OF PROJECT IMPACT, A SUB-COMMITTEE OF
13 VILLAGE PRIDE, MR. ZOOK ORCHESTRATED THE IMPROVEMENT OF
14 DOWNTOWN BELLEVILLE TO LESSEN THE FLOOD DAMAGE AND EROSION ON
15 THE KISHACOQUILLAS CREEK. THOUGH A TREMENDOUS VOLUNTEER
16 EFFORT, MR. ZOOK AND THE ASSOCIATION RECEIVED OVER $780,000
17 IN GRANT FUNDING TO ENLARGE THE CREEK'S FLOOD PLAIN, PROVIDE
18 OPEN SPACE AND EXPAND THE BRIDGE THAT WILL NOW HONOR HIM AND
19 FURTHER PROTECT THE COMMUNITY FROM FUTURE FLOODING; AND
20 (2) BORN IN BELLEVILLE, MIFFLIN COUNTY, MR. ZOOK
21 GRADUATED FROM MERCERSBURG ACADEMY, ATTENDED LAFAYETTE
22 COLLEGE AND SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES MARINES DURING THE
23 KOREAN WAR;
24 (3) MR. ZOOK WAS MARRIED TO PATRICIA WOMELDORF ZOOK AND
25 HAD THREE DAUGHTERS, LISA, LAURIE, AND LETITIA; AND
26 (4) AFTER HIS MILITARY SERVICE, MR. ZOOK WAS PRESIDENT
27 OF KA-VEE DAIRY, FOUNDED BY HIS FATHER AND ALSO WORKED FOR
28 KEYSTONE FOOD SERVICE, WOMELDORF TRUCKING COMPANY AND RICH
29 COAST COFFEE COMPANY; AND
30 (5) MR. ZOOK WAS A MEMBER OF THE BELLEVILLE LIONS CLUB,
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1 LEWISTOWN ROTARY CLUB, MARINE CORP LEAGUE, KA-VEE KAMP AND
2 WEST KISHOCOQUILLAS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, AND SERVED ON THE
3 VILLAGE PRIDE ASSOCIATION AND MIFFLIN COUNTY INDUSTRIAL
4 DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION; AND
5 (6) CHARLES CURTIS ZOOK DIED ON JULY 16, 2008, AT 79
6 YEARS OF AGE.
7 (B) DESIGNATION.--THE STATE ROUTE 655 BRIDGE ON MAIN STREET
8 IN UNION TOWNSHIP, MIFFLIN COUNTY IS DESIGNATED AND SHALL BE
9 KNOWN AS THE CURT ZOOK MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
10 (C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
11 MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS WHICH SHALL DISPLAY THE NAME OF THE
12 BRIDGE DESIGNATED UNDER SUBSECTION (B) AT EACH END OF THE
13 BRIDGE.
14 SECTION 3. OFFICER GREGG MEMORIAL BYPASS.
15 (A) DESIGNATION.--THE SECTION OF STATE ROUTE 413 IN NEWTOWN
16 TOWNSHIP, BUCKS COUNTY, FROM THE INTERSECTION WITH STATE ROUTE
17 532 TO THE INTERSECTION WITH INTERSTATE 95, KNOWN LOCALLY AS THE
18 NEWTOWN 413 BYPASS, IS DESIGNATED AND SHALL BE KNOWN AS THE
19 OFFICER GREGG MEMORIAL BYPASS.
20 (B) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
21 MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS WHICH SHALL DISPLAY THE NAME OF THE
22 BYPASS DESIGNATED IN SUBSECTION (A) AT EACH END.
23 SECTION 4. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
24 (A) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE LOCATED ON WALNUT STREET, CITY
25 OF JOHNSTOWN, CAMBRIA COUNTY, KNOWN AS THE WALNUT STREET BRIDGE,
26 IS HEREBY DESIGNATED THE MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., MEMORIAL
27 BRIDGE.
28 (B) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
29 MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE TO
30 TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE BRIDGE.
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1 SECTION 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.
2 THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IN 60 DAYS.
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