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NtY Or h1 <br /> Q `y?.,' <br /> ~ 6~6 r ~ - Wayne G. Carvalho <br /> 4. <br /> Police Chief <br /> <br /> Stephen K. Yamashiro • <br /> Mayor ~ i, James S. Correa <br /> ~j,.;:~oa: ~Y' ~ Deputy Police Chief <br /> . •rF OS_~nW I <br /> C`= <br /> f~~lznfg n~ ~tt~~~' i" - ~ <br /> POLICE DEPARTMENT <br /> 399 Kapiulani Street • Hilo, Hawaii 96720-3998 <br /> (8081935-3311 Faz t808) 961-2702 <br /> October 22, 1997 <br /> Honorable Chairman and Members <br /> Hawaii County Council <br /> Hawaii County Building <br /> 25 Aupuni Street <br /> Hilo, Hawaii 96720 <br /> RE: TRAFFIC CODE AMENDMENT <br /> KIP700LE STREF'T - EXTEND ONE-WAY TRAFFIC PATTERN TO KUKUAU <br /> STREET <br /> Honorable Chairman and Members: <br /> Staff has reviewed the draft bill for an ordinance to amend <br /> Chapter 24, Traffic Schedule of the Hawaii County Code, <br /> relating to one-way streets. <br /> We agree that Kukuau Street should revert back to its original <br /> one-way traffic pattern, from Kilauea Avenue to Kinoole Street. <br /> We offer the following comments to the proposed one-way traffic <br /> pattern on Kinoole Street, from Ponahawai Street to Kukuau <br /> Street: <br /> Complaints received from motorists indicate <br /> difficulties executing left turns to ingress and <br /> egress Kukuau Street; <br /> Motorists are not completely stopping at stop signs, <br /> causing a potential traffic hazard; <br /> Staff feels that the present traffic pattern will <br /> limit our officers response to and from Downtown Hilo. <br /> Although this proposal may be beneficial to some, overall, <br /> there are still safety concerns affecting others tklat tied to 5~l•O/ <br /> be addressed. o'-----•____mlI <br /> P7i® 210. ~~i F <br /> Ite(. Sot W P C <br /> IRer. Dtx~~"i 2 2 1997_ <br /> <br />