STATE OF NEW YORK
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5724
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
March 15, 2023
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Introduced by Sens. KENNEDY, GALLIVAN -- read twice and ordered printed,
and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the highway law, in relation to establishing the "Fallen
Skywalkers Memorial Bridge"
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The highway law is amended by adding a new section 343-ddd
2 to read as follows:
3 § 343-ddd. Portion of the state highway system to be designated and
4 known as the "Fallen Skywalkers Memorial Bridge". All that portion of
5 the state highway system constituting the bridge on route five which
6 crosses over Fuhrmann boulevard on the south end and spans the Buffalo
7 waterfront until intersecting at the north end with Church street and
8 turns into Delaware avenue in the city of Buffalo in Erie County, shall
9 be designated and known as the "Fallen Skywalkers Memorial Bridge".
10 § 2. The commissioner of transportation shall provide for the instal-
11 lation and maintenance of adequate signing of the state highway system
12 as designated pursuant to section one of this act; provided that, to
13 avoid any confusion and to limit any possible disruption of commerce,
14 the designation called for pursuant to section one of this act shall be
15 one of ceremonial nature and the official name of such bridge shall not
16 be changed as a result of this act.
17 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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