Pennsylvania Act 2005-26 — STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM - ADDING PORTION OF BAYFRONT PARKWAY, CITY OF ERIE, ERIE COUNTY, TO COMMONWEALTH AND TRANSFERRING CERTAIN STATE ROAD TO CITY OF ERIE

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AN ACT

Adding a certain portion of the Bayfront Parkway in the City of Erie, Erie County, to the State Highway System and transferring to the City of Erie a certain State road.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Transfer of roads.

(a) Authorization.--

(1) Upon approval by resolution of the city council of the transfer of State Route 4018 to the City of Erie as provided in paragraph (2) and publication of the notice required in subsection (c), that portion of Bayfront Parkway in the City of Erie, Erie County, beginning at the existing Lincoln Avenue heading in an easterly direction to Sixth Street for a distance of 21,124 feet or 4.00 miles is hereby adopted as a State highway, to be known as State Route 290.

(2) State Route 4018 in the City of Erie, Erie County, for a distance of 31,283 feet or 5.925 miles, is hereby transferred to the City of Erie subject to approval by resolution of the city council. The city council shall, within 14 days of the adoption of such resolution, transmit notice thereof to the Department of Transportation.

(b) Release of liability.--Upon publication of the notice required in subsection (c):

(1) The City of Erie, Erie County, is hereby relieved of all responsibility for maintenance of that portion of Bayfront Parkway as described in subsection (a)(1).

(2) The Commonwealth is hereby relieved of all responsibility for maintenance of State Route 4018 as described in subsection (a)(2).

(c) Publication.--The Department of Transportation shall publish notice of approval of the transfer by the city council as provided in subsection (a)(2) to the Legislative Reference Bureau as a notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. The publication shall occur within 30 days of the notice of approval to the department.

Section 2. Effective date.

This act shall take effect in 60 days.