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e EXISTING TRAFFIC CONDITIONS Palani Road is a two lane highway under County jurisdiction and is posted at 35 mph. The available sight distances at the project exceed the requirement of DR=440' and DL=530'. These distances were confirmed and verified on site by the County Department of Public Works. Traffic counts were taken on Palani Road fronting the project site on Sunday, December 14, 1997, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. Each passing vehicle was recorded by 15 minute intervals. The worksheet for the traffic counts are included in the Appendix. The traffic volumes rounded to the nearest five (5) are summarized below: Hourly Traffic Volumes Hour Southbound Northbound 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a. m. 355 250 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a. m. 370 245 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon 385 325 Traffic volumes increase gradually as the morning progresses. The State Department of Transportation takes traffic counts every two years at selected roadway sections on Hawaii. This traffic data shows the historical trend of traffic on the roadways. The traffic count station on Mamalahoa Highway at Huehue Ranch is about two miles north of the project site. It is the closest station to the project site. The historical trend in daily traffic volumes shown on Figure 2 indicates increasing traffic from 1980 to 1990, then decreasing volumes thereafter. Traffic grew at about a 4 percent annual rate between 1980 and 1986. The large increase observed 4.