Official:Authorizing the construction, ownership, and maintenance of various encroachments into the right-of-way of Market Street, Filbert Street, 11th Street, 10th Street, 9th Street and 8th Street, and authorizing the assignment of certain rights with respect to an overhead pedestrian bridge above Filbert Street west of the house line of Ninth Street to be assigned, all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Squilla
Introduced: April 23, 2015
Signed: June 18, 2015
: Committee of the Whole
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill authorizes the construction and maintenance of various structures (encroachments) into the right-of-way on several streets in Center City Philadelphia. It also transfers ownership of a pedestrian bridge to a private company.
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