Section 1. Senator Robert J. Thompson Highway.
(a) Findings and declarations.--The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:
(1) State Senator Robert J. Thompson served the 19th Senatorial District between 1995 and 2006 with honor and ability and rose to chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee prior to his passing in 2006.
(2) The contributions of Senator Thompson were not limited to the public arena but included service to his community as well. Senator Thompson was the founding executive director of the Chester County Chamber of Commerce, a member of the Chester County Hospital Board, a member of the Immaculata College President's Council and an elder at the First Presbyterian Church of West Chester.
(3) Senator Thompson was a resident of West Goshen and benefited the township and the entire West Chester community through his service on the West Goshen Board of Supervisors, the Chester County Historical Society, the Westtown-Goshen Rotary Club and the West Chester Area Day Care Association.
(4) West Goshen Township is connected to the Borough of West Chester, the county seat for Chester County, by State Route 3.
(b) Designation.--The section of State Route 3 that is situated between U.S. Route 202 in West Goshen and Adams Street in the Borough of West Chester, Chester County, is hereby designated as the Senator Robert J. Thompson Memorial Highway.
(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs to indicate this designation.