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Chapter 3: HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE AND TRAFFIC DIVISIONS Chapter 3 HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE AND TRAFFIC DIVISIONS Highway Fund "To maintain and continually make improvements to the County's roadway transportation system to permit the safe and efficient mission movement of people and goods around the island." Statement Department of The Department of Public Works is headed by its Administration to which report its five functional divisions - Engineering, Building, Public Works Highway Maintenance, Traffic, and Automotive, of which the Highway Maintenance and Traffic Divisions are provided operational funds by the Highway Fund. [See. Appendix A, Department of Public Works - 2009 Organization Chart.] LJ Highway Hawaii County Code section 2-41(4) provides: Maintenance "...The highway maintenance division shall be responsible for the construction and maintenance Division of all roads, streets, highways, footpaths, storm Di drains, bridges, flood channels, and certain cemeteries." The Division's FY2008-2009 budget proposal included the following U program description: "The Highway Maintenance Division oversees and directs all Highway Programs; i.e., maintenance of roadways, flood control structures and canals. The Division also establishes safety programs and conducts training, coordinates in- house resurfacing projects and responds to various emergencies as needed. The Division continues to update electronic storage of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Global Positioning Systems (GPS) for inventory and maintenance of street layers." [Source: County of Hawaii, FY2008-2009 Proposed Operating Budget, Part 1, Volume 11, Highway Fund, Highway Maintenance Division, pp. 343-346.] 7