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~tV o/ M <br /> ~ <br /> <br /> COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII <br /> h~oi~M~ <br /> RESOLUTION NO. 311 ~ ~ <br /> Draft 2 <br /> RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE MAYOR AND HIS ADMINISTRATION TO <br /> EXPEDITE THE PLANNING AND DESIGN OF NECESSARY VEHICULAR AND <br /> PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS ON THAT PORTION OF ALI`I DRIVE <br /> BEGINNING ONE BLOCK NORTH OF THE KAMEHAMEHA III ROAD AND <br /> EXTENDING SOUTH FOR ONE MILE TO PHASE ONE OF THE HOKULI`A BYPASS. <br /> WHEREAS, the above described portion of Ali`i Drive was developed more than 30 <br /> years ago as a local street to serve only adjacent residences and attendant businesses; and <br /> WHEREAS, the surrounding area has, over time, grown to include more than 1000 <br /> residences, a major destination resort hotel, a golf course, and many water and recreation related <br /> businesses on and around Keauhou Bay; and <br /> WHEREAS, this growth has exacerbated already dangerous ingress/egress from adjacent <br /> properties, heightened the vehicular danger to the many vacationers, walkers, cyclists and <br /> runners who frequent Ali`i Drive daily, and greatly increased the diversity and volume of traffic <br /> along Ali`i Drive; and <br /> WHEREAS, lack of necessary traffic enforcement has resulted in this portion of Ali`i <br /> Drive becoming a major speedway as well as an illegal nighttime drag strip; and <br /> WHEREAS, with the opening of the Hokuli`a Bypass and the Ali`i Highway extension, <br /> this portion of Ali`i Drive will become a central part of a major arterial roadway, despite the fact <br /> that it has never been included in any planning or assessments for mitigation of impending <br /> increases in vehicular traffic and negative environmental impacts; and <br /> WHEREAS, timely attention to design and construction of necessary improvements <br /> prior to, or concurrent with, the opening of the Hokuli`a Bypass and the Ali`i Highway extension <br /> will help to insure that West Hawaii drivers will not be forced to deal with the predictable <br /> frustration of a "Keauhou Crawl". <br /> <br />