What's happening
This bill designates certain highways in the Rochester-Finger Lakes region as the "Rochester-Finger Lakes Craft Beverage Trail" for ceremonial purposes.
Why it matters
Promotes regional tourism and local businesses. By designating a widely-recognized "craft beverage trail," this bill aims to attract visitors to the Rochester-Finger Lakes area, potentially boosting patronage for local breweries, wineries, distilleries, and related hospitality businesses.
Raises visibility for the region’s craft beverage industry. The ceremonial signage can help establish the region as a destination for craft beverage enthusiasts, supporting marketing efforts and fostering a sense of regional identity around this growing industry.
Minimal impact on infrastructure or navigation. The bill specifies that the designation is ceremonial only, meaning there will be no official name changes or updates to maps, reducing the risk of confusion for drivers and avoiding logistical complications or costs associated with renaming highways.
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Create Craft Beverage Trail
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- Referred to transportation
- Referred to transportation
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Create Craft Beverage Trail
In Senate Committee · Transportation · Sponsor Rich Funke
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STATE OF NEW YORK
2294
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 17, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. MORELLE, KOLB, BRONSON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the highway law, in relation to the designation of the Rochester-Finger Lakes Craft Beverage Trail
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The highway law is amended by adding a new section 344-f to read as follows:
§ 344-f. Portion of state highway system to be designated as the "Rochester-Finger Lakes Craft Beverage Trail." All that portion of the state and local highway system constituting highway 490 from the intersection with highway 390 eastward to the intersection with interstate 90, highway 390 from the intersection with highway 104 southward to the intersection with interstate 90, highway 590 from the intersection with highway 390 northward to the intersection with highway 104, highway 19 from the intersection with highway 104 southward to the intersection with highway 31, highway 104 from the intersection with highway 390 eastward to the intersection with highway 14, highway 96 from the intersection with highway 332 eastward to the intersection with East Main street in Rochester, highway 14 from the intersection of highway 96 southward to the intersection with highway 20, highway 20 from the intersection with highway 390 eastward to the intersection with highway 14, highway 21 from the intersection with highway 20 southward to the intersection with highway 64, highway 21 from the intersection with highway 20 southward to the intersection with highway 390, highway 15-a from the intersection with highway 90 southward to the intersection with highway 20, highway 250 from the intersection with highway 96 northward to the intersection with highway 31, highway 15 from the intersection with highway 390 eastward to the intersection with highway 490, highway 252 from the intersection with highway 15A eastward to the intersection with highway 15, and highway 250 from the intersection with highway 31
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[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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southward to the intersection with highway 96 shall be designated and known as the "Rochester-Finger Lakes Craft Beverage Trail."
§ 2. The commissioner of transportation is authorized to permit the installation and maintenance of signs on the state highway system as designated pursuant to section 344-f of the highway law, as added by section one of this act. However, to avoid confusion and to limit any possible disruption of commerce, the designation called for pursuant to this act shall be one of a ceremonial nature and the official names of such highways shall not be changed as a result of this act.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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