Esta ley solicita al Comité Designador de Edificios y Carreteras Públicas de Puerto Rico que estudie la posibilidad de nombrar una sección de la Avenida Lulio Efraín Saavedra-Blasco en Isabela como "Avenida Estación" para preservar el valor histórico de la antigua estación de tren en el área.
(Approved May 15, 2003)
To request the Building and Public Roads Designating Committee of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to study the possibility of naming the section of Lulio Efraín Saavedra-Blasco Avenue, running from kilometer 0.9 to kilometer 4.4 in the jurisdiction of the Municipality of Isabela as Station Avenue.
Through Act No. 300 of September 2, 2000, the Legislature recognized the meritorious work and trajectory of Professor Lulio Efraín Saavedra Blasco, giving his name to Highway No. 472, located in the jurisdiction of the Isabela Municipality.
Prior to the approval of Act No. 300, supra, the Section of this highway located in the jurisdiction of the Isabela municipality, was traditionally known as Station Avenue, because there had been a railroad station nearby which provided transportation to different towns in the Island. Although we recognize that the acknowledgement given to Professor Saavedra-Blasco is fair and well deserved through this Act, we also believe it necessary to preserve the historical and sentimental value that comes with naming a section of this highway as Station Avenue. It should be pointed out that, presently, there is no building or structure reminding future generations of the past existence of the train and the station that were in this Municipality.
In our judgment, we understand that giving a section of Highway No. 472 the name of Station Avenue would fulfill a historical role and would satisfy the wishes of the residents of this area.
Besides, we must indicate that having had a train station in the area, represented a great economic, social and tourism development for the Isabela Municipality. Accordingly, we must consider this station as an asset for this town, which must be given recognition in light of its great cultural contribution.
For such reasons, we suggest that historic fact and Professor Saavedra Blasco share honors in Highway No. 472. In this manner, the Section of Highway No. 472 in the jurisdiction of the Isabela Municipality would retain the name of Avenida Lulio Efraín Saavedra-Blasco, while the Section running from the intersection of Hwy. No. 472 and Shadai Street (Km. 0.9), and Quebrada de Los Cedros (Km. 4.4) in the jurisdiction of the Isabela Municipality would be redesignated as Station Avenue.
Section 1.- To request that the Buildings and Public Roads Designating Committee of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, perform a study of the possibility of naming the section of Lulio Efraín Saavedra-Blasco Avenue running from kilometer 0.9 to kilometer 4.4 in the jurisdiction of the Municipality of Isabela as Station Avenue.
Section 2. - This Act shall take effect immediately after its approval.
I hereby certify to the Secretary of State that the following Act No. 124 (S.B. 2481) of the $5^{ ext {th }}$ Session of the $14^{ ext {th }}$ Legislature of Puerto Rico:
AN ACT to request the Building and Public Roads Designating Committee of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to study the possibility of naming the section of Lulio Efraín Saavedra-Blasco Avenue, running from kilometer 0.9 to kilometer 4.4 in the jurisdiction of the Municipality of Isabela as Station Avenue, has been translated from Spanish to English and that the English version is correct.
In San Juan, Puerto Rico, today $15^{ ext {th }}$ of April of 2004.
Elba Rosa Rodríguez-Fuentes Director