THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY WATSON, CLYMER, DiGIROLAMO, MURT, O'NEILL, PETRI AND QUINN, OCTOBER 3, 2011

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, OCTOBER 3, 2011  

AN ACT

Designating the Pickertown Road Bridge carrying Pickertown Road

over the U.S. Route 202 Parkway in Warrington Township, Bucks

County, as the Robert V. Cotton Bridge.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Robert V. Cotton Bridge.

(a)  Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as

follows:

(1)  Robert V. Cotton is recognized as a long-time

proponent and tireless advocate for the construction of the

new 8.6-mile Route 202 Parkway in Bucks and Montgomery

counties. Mr. Cotton was a member of the Route 202

Improvement Committee from 1969 to 1971 and again from 1989

to 1996. He also has been a member of the Route 202 Task

Force from 2006 to the present time.

(2)  Mr. Cotton has been involved in local government in

Bucks County for four decades. He has served as a New Britain

Township supervisor for 36 years. He was first elected in

1972 and served through 1978. He was elected again in 1982

and has held that office since then. Mr. Cotton also held

three different positions with the Bucks County Association

of Township Officials, serving as director from 1982 to 1996,

as vice president from 1989 to 1992 and as president from

1992 to 1994.

(3)  Mr. Cotton also has been a volunteer emergency

responder for 50 years. He has been an active firefighter

with the Chalfont Fire Company since 1962 and recently was

recognized as an honored life member of the company.

(4)  He served as New Britain Township's fire marshal

from 1988 to 1996. He has been a member of the Pennsylvania

Fire and Emergency Services Institute's Advisory Board since

1991.

(5)  Mr. Cotton is a veteran of the Korean War, having

served in the United States Army from 1951 to 1953. An

electrical engineer by trade, he graduated with a degree in

that field from the University of Connecticut in 1956.

(6)  Mr. Cotton resides in Chalfont. He was married to

Margaret "Jean" Cotton for 54 years until her death in 2009.

They have two daughters and four grandchildren.

(b)  Designation.--The Pickertown Road Bridge carrying

Pickertown Road over the U.S. Route 202 Parkway in Warrington

Township, Bucks County, is designated as the Robert V. Cotton

Bridge.

(c)  Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and

maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the bridge to

traffic in both directions.

Section 2.  Effective date.

This act shall take effect in 60 days.