Section 1. Sergeant William V. Fernandez Highway.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:
(1) Sergeant William V. Fernandez was a resident of Lower Alsace Township, Berks County, and served with the Pennsylvania Army National Guard's Troop B, 1st Squadron, 104th Cavalry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division, based out of Philadelphia.
(2) Sergeant William V. Fernandez was serving in Iraq when an improvised explosive device detonated near the convoy he was riding in while on patrol in Ar Ramadi, Al Anbar Province, Iraq.
(b) Designation.--The portion of State Route 422 in West Reading Borough, the City of Reading, Cumru Township and Exeter Township beginning at Penn Avenue in West Reading to East Neversink Road in Exeter Township, Berks County, is hereby designated the Sergeant William V. Fernandez Highway.
(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the highway under subsection (b) to traffic in both directions.