BILL NUMBER:  S5874

 TITLE OF BILL :
An act to amend the highway law, in relation to the designation of the
"Saratoga County Veterans' Memorial Highway"


 PURPOSE :
This bill will designate a portion of state highway route 29, starting
at 61 Lake Avenue, Saratoga Springs, running along state route 29 east
to route 4 in the Village of Schuylerville (Town of Saratoga) south on
route 4, past the Saratoga National Cemetery and the Saratoga
Battlefield, through the Town of Stillwater into the City of
Mechanicville into the Town of Waterford and ending at the Saratoga
County line in Waterford on route 4 as Saratoga County Veterans'
Memorial Highway.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :
Section one- amends the highway law by adding a new section 342-kk
designates a portion of state highway route 29, starting at 61 Lake
Avenue, Saratoga Springs, running along state route 29 east to route 4
in the Village of Schuylerville (Town of Saratoga) south on route 4,
past the Saratoga National Cemetery and the Saratoga Battlefield,
through the Town of Stillwater into the City of Mechanicville into the
Town of Waterford and ending at the Saratoga County line in Waterford
on route 4 as Saratoga County Veterans' Memorial Highway.
              

Section two- calls for the commissioner of transportation to provide
for the installation and maintenance of adequate signing of the state
highway system as designated pursuant to section one of this act.

Section three - Effective date.

 JUSTIFICATION :
Saratoga County Board of Supervisors veterans' committee passed a
motion for Saratoga County Veterans' Memorial Highway to start at the
New York State Military museum at 61 Lake Avenue Saratoga Springs, NY
(State Route 29). East to State Route 4 in Schuylerville, NY Town of
Saratoga south on route 4, past the Saratoga National Cemetery and the
Saratoga Battlefield, through the Town of Stillwater into the City of
Mechanicville into the Town of Waterford and ending at the Saratoga
County line in Waterford on route 4.

Various local V.F.W. posts and American Legion posts have sent letters
of support for the designation of the Saratoga County Veterans'
Memorial Highway. This bill would increase the visibility of the
historic corridor in Saratoga County which was the location of the
Battle of Saratoga "Turning Point of the Revolutionary War". This
would also benefit the Saratoga National Cemetery and the New York
State Military Museum.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :
New Bill.

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :
None to the State.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect immediately.