PRINTER'S NO. 1607
No. 109 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY DAWIDA, BELAN AND LYNCH, OCTOBER 11, 1989
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, OCTOBER 11, 1989
A RESOLUTION
1 Urging the Department of Transportation and the Pennsylvania
2 Turnpike Commission to conduct a study of unconnected
3 turnpike interchanges, with particular concern to the I-70
4 intersection at Breezewood, Pennsylvania, to insure maximum
5 public safety and convenience.
6 WHEREAS, There are several Pennsylvania Turnpike interchanges
7 that are not connected with a limited access highway; and
8 WHEREAS, These unconnected interchanges pose a serious public
9 safety concern, resulting in numerous accidents; and
10 WHEREAS, One particularly dangerous interchange is Breezewood
11 near Interstate 70; therefore be it
12 RESOLVED, That the Senate of Pennsylvania urge the Department
13 of Transportation and the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission to
14 conduct a study of the unconnected turnpike interchanges, with
15 particular concern to the I-70 interchange at Breezewood, and to
16 explore ways to connect all interchanges with limited access
17 highways to insure maximum public safety and convenience.
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