PRINTER'S NO. 4104
No. 2684 Session of 2008
INTRODUCED BY HORNAMAN, BRENNAN, CALTAGIRONE, CAUSER, CREIGHTON,
FAIRCHILD, FRANKEL, GEORGE, GOODMAN, GRUCELA, HALUSKA,
HENNESSEY, HERSHEY, JAMES, KENNEY, KOTIK, KULA, MAHONEY,
MANN, MARKOSEK, MILLARD, MOYER, MURT, PHILLIPS, READSHAW,
REED, ROCK, SAINATO, SAYLOR, SCAVELLO, K. SMITH, SONNEY,
VULAKOVICH, WALKO, J. WHITE, WOJNAROSKI, BEYER, CONKLIN AND
FLECK, JUNE 27, 2008
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JUNE 27, 2008
AN ACT
1 Designating the portion of US Route 20, known as West 26th
2 Street, in Millcreek Township, from Peninsula Drive to Powell
3 Avenue as the John W. Groters Memorial Highway.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. John W. Groters Memorial Highway.
7 (a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
8 follows:
9 (1) John W. Groters was a prominent member of the Erie
10 community as a volunteer, a businessman and a public servant.
11 (2) He was a volunteer at the West Ridge Fire Department
12 and was the first person to teach first aid to all the
13 volunteer fire departments in Millcreek.
14 (3) He was a partner in the Reffner and Groters Esso
15 Station, located at the corner of West 26th Street and Powell
16 Avenue in the late 1940s and early 1950s.
1 (4) He went to work for the Millcreek School District in
2 maintenance and as a school bus driver eventually rising to
3 become head of transportation, where he scheduled the bus
4 routes for all the Millcreek schools and still filled in as a
5 driver when necessary.
6 (5) In recognition of his contributions to the Millcreek
7 School District, the district honors his memory with an
8 annual John W. Groters Driver of the Year Award.
9 (b) Designation.--The portion of US Route 20, known as West
10 26th Street, in Millcreek Township from Peninsula Drive to
11 Powell Avenue, is designated the John W. Groters Memorial
12 Highway.
13 (c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
14 maintain signs at both ends of the roadway designated in
15 subsection (b).
16 Section 2. Effective date.
17 This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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