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COUNTY OF HAWAII <br />STATE OF HAWAII <br />RESOLUTION NO. X76$ O$ <br />(DR11FT 2 ) <br />A RESOLUTION URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO <br />CREATE A REVERSIBLE OR CONTRAFLOW LANE DURING PEAK COMMUTE <br />HOURS ON HIGHWAY 130 AT THE BOTTLENECK NEAR KEA`AU HIGH SCHOOL. <br />WHEREAS, Puna is one of the fastest growing areas of Hawaii Island, having more <br />affordable land than any other region; and <br />WHEREAS, Puna serves as a bedroom community for Hilo as a majority of its residents <br />commute to Hilo for work and shopping; and <br />WHEREAS, traffic has become a major problem in Puna, particularly on Highway 130, <br />where the route serves as the community's main ingress and egress; and <br />WHEREAS, traffic is particularly congested during peak commuting hours, namely in <br />the morning and evening; and <br />WHEREAS, reversible, or as they are otherwise known as contraflow lanes, have been <br />successfully used to ease traffic congestion; and <br />WHEREAS, areversible/contraflow lane is typically used to route traff c in one <br />direction during the morning rush hour, the opposite direction in the afternoon or evening, and as <br />a turning lane at most other times; now, therefore, <br />BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that the <br />Department of Transportation should create a reversible or contraflow lane during peak commute <br />hours on Highway 130 at the bottleneck near Kea`au High School. <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />