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Senate Bill S3622

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Designates the Scajaquada pedestrian bridge as the "9.11 Heroes Bridge"

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2025-S3622 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Highway Law
Laws Affected:
Add §256, Hway L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S8691

2025-S3622 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Designates the Scajaquada pedestrian bridge as the "9.11 Heroes Bridge".

2025-S3622 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S3622 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3622
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 29, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  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 designating  the  Scaja-
   quada pedestrian bridge as the "9.11 Heroes Bridge"
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The highway law is amended by adding a new section  256  to
 read as follows:
   §  256.  SCAJAQUADA  PEDESTRIAN  BRIDGE  TO BE DESIGNATED AS THE "9.11
 HEROES BRIDGE". THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE THAT SPANS NEW  YORK  STATE  ROUTE
 198, KNOWN AS THE SCAJAQUADA EXPRESSWAY, FROM NOTTINGHAM TERRACE TO HOYT
 LAKE  IN  DELAWARE PARK IN THE CITY OF BUFFALO, COUNTY OF ERIE, SHALL BE
 DESIGNATED AND KNOWN AS THE "9.11 HEROES BRIDGE".
   § 2. The commissioner of transportation shall provide for the  instal-
 lation  and  maintenance  of  adequate signing as designated pursuant to
 section one of this act.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07088-01-5

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