Trooper Jacques F. Rougeau, Jr., Memorial Interchange

Act 17 of 2023, § 37, under MULTIPLE DESIGNATIONS IN MULTIPLE COUNTIES AND REPEALS - DESIGNATION.

Act 17 of 2023, § 37

Section 37. Trooper Jacques F. Rougeau, Jr., Memorial Interchange.

(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:

(1) Jacques F. "Jay" Rougeau, Jr., was born September 7, 1993, in San Diego, California, to Angela and Carlo of Millcreek Township.

(2) Trooper Rougeau was raised and educated in Corry and graduated from Corry Area High School in 2012.

(3) Trooper Rougeau attended Penn State Behrend before graduating from The Pennsylvania State University Main Campus in 2015 with a bachelor's degree in criminology.

(4) Trooper Rougeau worked for Weis Markets in loss prevention for several years before entering the Pennsylvania State Police Academy where he graduated on January 8, 2021, as a member of the 160th class.

(5) For the majority of Trooper Rougeau's State Police career, he was stationed with troops in York, but in March 2023, he was transferred to Troop G in Lewistown.

(6) Tragically, on June 17, 2023, Trooper Rougeau was fatally shot during a manhunt for a gunman who had opened fire on the Troop G Lewistown Station that morning.

(7) Trooper Rougeau loved golf, basketball, flying drones and rooting for Penn State football and had a fascination with aviation.

(8) Trooper Rougeau loved his boxers, Winnie and Charlie.

(9) In addition to his mother, Angela, Trooper Rougeau is survived by his wife, Chloe (Miller) Rougeau, whom he married September 30, 2017, his sister, Christina Rougeau-Bailey, and her husband, Colton, and brother, Justin Hunt, all of Corry, Pennsylvania.

(b) Designation.--The interchange of U.S. Route 22/322 with Arch Rock Road in Fermanagh Township, Juniata County, is designated the Trooper Jacques F. Rougeau, Jr., Memorial Interchange.

(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the interchange to traffic in both directions on the interchange.