Section 1. Police Officer Isabel Nazario Memorial Highway.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:
(1) Isabel Santiago Nazario was born in Lynwood, New Jersey, moved to Philadelphia in 1983 and graduated from Olney High School in 1986.
(2) Officer Nazario joined the Philadelphia Police Academy on January 8, 1990.
(3) Officer Nazario served as a member of the Philadelphia Police Department for 18 years and was assigned to the Narcotics Strike Force and detailed to the 16th Police District in West Philadelphia.
(4) Officer Nazario, a Strike Force South C squad officer, was tragically killed in the line of duty on September 5, 2008, at 40 years of age when her patrol car was struck by a stolen SUV on 39th and Wallace Streets in Philadelphia.
(b) Designation.--The section of Pennsylvania Route 73, also known as Cottman Avenue, between U.S. Route 13 and U.S. Route 1 in the City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, is designated the Police Officer Isabel Nazario Memorial Highway.
(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the highway to traffic in both directions on the highway.