2022-02-25 Traffic Emergency Zone Declaration and Waipio Valley Road - Emergency Rule 1

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Mitchell D. Roth Mayor C�nixn#fir of afuni`t Lee E. Lord Managing Director Robert H. Command Deputy Managing Director Coffin of §:C' avvr 25 Aupuni Street, Suite 2603 • Hilo, Hawaii 96720 • (808) 961-8211 • Fax (808) 961-6553 KONA: 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Hwy., Bldg C • Kailua-Kona, Hawaii 96740 (808) 323-4444 9 Fax (808) 323-4440 TRAFFIC EMERGENCY ZONE DECLARATION WHEREAS, Hawaii Revised Statutes, Section 264-1.5, provides for the establishment of a traffic emergency zone in response to substantial endangerment to public health and safety which is or is highly likely to be caused by the temporary closure of, or the .lack of adequate access to Waipio Valley .via Waipio Valley Road; and WHEREAS, upon scientific information and expertise available, Waipio Valley Road is in imminent threat of slope and roadway failure threatening the health, safety, and welfare of the people; and WHEREAS, the danger of disaster is of such magnitude to warrant preemptive and protective action in order to provide for the health, safety, and welfare of the people; and WHEREAS, due to the possibility of imminent emergency or disaster due to bodily injury to residents of the County of Hawaii, and the need for government agencies and representatives from the private sector to mobilize and provide other immediate services necessary to remediate hazardous conditions, a traffic emergency zone is declared pursuant to Hawai `i Revised Statutes, Section 264-1.5. NOW, THEREFORE, I, MITCHELL D. ROTH, Mayor of the County of Hawaii, do hereby proclaim and declare a traffic emergency zone for Waipio Valley Road due to the imminent -danger or threat of emergency on Hawai `i Island from the hazardous roadway conditions. This Traffic Emergency Zone Declaration shall be effective February 25, 202, 2, continuing thereon until February 25, 2025, unless terminated or superseded by a separate proclamation, whichever shall occur first. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the County of Hawaii to be affixed. Done this 25th day of February, 2022 in Hilo, Hawaii. Mitchell D. Roth Mayor County of Hawai `i County of Hawaii is-amEqualand Employer.