Mayor Mauna Loa Supplemental Proclamation

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Supplemental Vmorgenc\ 11rciclaniation Page"'- ol'2 WITFRY,AS, the eruption is visible From the [),in K,iel Inouye (DKI) fliglimay, which has resulted ill a signitlealn,increase in spectators driving and parking oil the DKI I lighway or on the shoulder ot'llic DKI I lighwaN NMI ER F'AS. most ofthe DKI I lighway between the sixteen inile marker (16 MM)arid the thirty-one mile marker(31 MM)has, a irlaxitilum speed limit of'sixty(60) miles per hour, and it lacks sufficient infrastructure such as crosswalks and necessary lighting to sa1*ClY st'stain the increased amount of'pedestrians arriving in vehicles in the area and traversing the area on foot, thereby creating unsafe road conditions. "A71JERE'AS,based on these unsafe road conditions,on November 28,2022,at pursuant to Sections 127A-25 and 291 C-1 11,HawaN Revised Statutes as amended, I issued Emergency Rule 41 prohibiting all vehicles from stopping and/or or parking oil the DKI Highway at any time between the sixteen mile marker(16 MM)and the thirty-one mile marker (31 MM),except as permitted at designated parking lots;and WIIEREAS, due to the eruption's continued activity,I have determined that it is necessary to supplement and expand my Emergency Proclamation issued on November 28,2022, at 3:02 a.m.related to updated eruption activity and spectator interest creating road hazards on the DKI Highway;and WHEREAS,the:danger of disaster is such magnitude to warrant protective action in order to provide for the health, safety,welfare and protection of the people and pursuant to Section 127A-I 3(b)(4), Ilawai'i Revised Statutes,the Mayor finds it necessary to take appropriate actions to direct and control the mandatory evacuation of the civilian population. NOW,THEREFORE,1,MITCHELL D.ROTH,Mayor of the County of Hawaii, do hereby proclaim and declare that a state of emergency exists due to the threat of imminent disaster on Hawai'i Island,effective November 28, 2022„_?;�tp.m.,Hawaii. This ORDER is effective ate if p.m.,this 28"'day of November,2022. Mitchell D. Roth Mayor County of]lawaii