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,......___a_ COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII RESOLUTION NO. 16U U 7 A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING HAWAII COUNTY'S COMMITMENT TO TRAFFIC SAFETY. WHEREAS, between the yeazs 2001 to 2005, Hawaii County had a fatality rate from motor vehicle crashes which was three times higher than the City and County of Honolulu and twice the rates of Maui and Kauai Counties; and WHEREAS, these numbers do not include fatalities in the National Parks or on private subdivision roads; and WHEREAS, according to a recent State Department of Transportation report, 10 of the 11 most dangerous intersections or stretches of roadway in the State are located on Hawaii Island; and WHEREAS, out of the 107 intersections examined statewide, the three worst aze on the Pahoa Bypass at Kapoho-Pahoa Road, Kahakai Boulevazd and Old Pahoa Road, with a motorist being able to drive past all three intersections in little more than a mile; and WHEREAS, the Mayor, Hawaii County Police Department, Hawaii County Prosecutor's Office, Hawaii County Mass Transit Agency, Hawaii County District Health Office, Hawaii State Department of Health, Hawaii State Department of Transportation, Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), and the Motor Vehicle Crash Reduction Group (including Emergency Room Physicians, Dr. Rich McDowell and Dr. Fred Holschuh) are working to analyze and reduce this disproportionately high death rate in Hawaii County; and WHEREAS, the Motor Vehicle Crash Reduction Group has been meeting for the past four years with the mission to support reducing motor vehicle crashes, injuries and fatalities in Hawaii County; now, therefore BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that the Hawaii County Council shall work with all County agencies and departments, the State of Hawaii and other partners to enable Hawaii County to become the County most committed to traffic safety.